[rescue] RS/6000 video adapter?

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 02:19:21PM -0400, Mike Katchabaw wrote:
> I have an RS/6000 Powerstation 355 that I've rescued with an 8-bit
> 1280x1024 video adapter.  I was hoping to go up to a 24-bit board,
> perhaps with 3D acceleration, at little or no cost if at all possible.
> (Seeing how old this box is, and that I got it for nothing, I don't
> want to pay eBay prices for an adapter.)  It would have to be an MCA
> adapter supported by the 355 and by AIX 4.2.1.  If such a beast doesn't
> exist -- let me know so I can stop looking and guessing.  (I suppose
> if you do know, a model number or part number might be useful too.)

There is a very cool 3D adapter for that box.  And, every time I've seen 
one, it was available for free.  It is basically personal iris graphics on
MCA cards, licensed from SGI.  Extremely cool.

But, they are pretty rare.


-- 
Joshua D. Boyd