[SunHELP] 8-bit TCX?

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On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, [iso-8859-1] Bj=F6rn Ramqvist wrote:

> Today when I was browsing through the online manuals, I found this in
> tcx(7D):
>
> "    There is an 8-bit only version of  tcx  which  operates  the
>      same  as  the 24-bit version, except that the 24-bit-related
>      mappings can not be made."
>
> What is the TCX?
> All I see is "tcx - 24-bit SBus color memory frame buffer", but I recall
> the TCX to be the onboard 8-bit framebuffer on the SS4, and the SS5 had
> the AFX-bus 24-bit card.

The S24 card (which used the AFX bus) is a TCX framebuffer.

-James