[rescue] Appropriate OS for Alpha?

[Eric Dittman]

> On 24-Jul-2002 Chris Petersen wrote:
> > Up until OpenVMS 7.? (I think something like 7.2-3?), the *only*
> > framebuffers supported in workstations were:
> > 
> > ZLXp-E1 (TGA)
> > PowerStorm 3D30
> > PowerStorm 4D20
> 
> It's not that bad; support for the Gloria Synergy (rechristened Powerstorm
> 4D10T) was added IIRC in parallel with the release of the XP1000 (99ish), which
> would be 7.2-1 (might have been 7.2). That's an entirely serviceable 24 bit card
> (8MB), have it in the XP1000 on my desk running VMS, and since I usually run
> only 1280x1024 on 21" displays, that's OK.   

I find the Permedia 2 cards to be quite a bit slower than the
Powerstorm 4D20.  For the XP1000, the Oxygen VX1 card is
available and is faster than the Permedia 2.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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