[rescue] RS/6000 video adapter?

[Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez]

On Thu, 23 May 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> 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.
> 

And it is supported under 8bit color only. I used to have one and I could
not make it run at 24bit under any modern AIX version.