[SunRescue] Off-Topic Sparc Question

[Christopher Drelich]

Ok, an update for this then if others are interested.  The
Metheus(www.metheus.com) P1760, seems to support up to 24MB of VRAM, along
with an 8bit overlay.  It can do resolutions up to 2048x2048.
Chris

On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, CEO Dan Jameyson wrote:

> Christopher Drelich wrote:
> > 
> > I was wondering if anyone could tell me of any third party PCI video cards
> > that work in Ultra5/Solaris7/CDE/OpenWindows.  Its neccessary to have
> > 12+MB of Video Ram.  Sun mentions the availabilty of third party cards,
> > but never mentions which are supported. Any help wuld be appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> > 
> 
> Hey, I'd love to get upgrade the video of my ultra5 as well. It's a
> shame to not run a super-high res on this 19'' monitor. So I'm looking
> to do the same thing - anything with opengl as well?
> 
> >From what I know, the onboard chipset is pretty much an ATI RAGE3d PRO.
> How does one go about disabling the onboard system and dropping in a new
> card?
> 
> Thanks!
> Dan Jameyson
> 
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