[rescue] U30 Framebuffer and other questions

[Ken Hansen]

I use a Creator 2D - several folks here advised me that that was the
sweet-spot in framebuffers for general use. Mine were gotten for < $100,
YMMV.

There are Creator (2D/3D) adn PGX - peope seem to prefer the Creator cards.

The Sun PCi card runs anywhere from $100 - $500++, depending on the card you
get, there are severla options.

The cheapest one can take 256 Meg RAM (2x SDRAM DIMMs), and an AMD K6/400
CPU, and with current software (downloadable from Sun) Win9X, NT and 2K is
possible.

I got both my cards from Mike N. at www.twmaster.com, but I can't speak to
price/availability.

The Sun PCi card has a built-in video card, and it can display either in a
window on your Ultra 30 display *or* directly connected to a typical PC
monitor (it has a HD15 SVGA port built-in). I understand that a dedicated
monitor yields better performance. The ideal monitor may be the larger Sun
monitors, as they have dual inputs (13W3 and SVGA), selectable from the
front of the monitor (like a cheap KVM)...

HTH,

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike dombrowski" <legodude at hammycorp.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 9:30 PM
Subject: [rescue] U30 Framebuffer and other questions


> I've decided to join the U30 crowd, a $100 premium over the Ultra 1e
> from Comdisco is well worth it IMHO. Now it will need a framebuffer.
> Anyone on list got one for sale? I'd like a very fast 2d one if
> possible, but if 3d ones are cheap and do 2d fast I might be
> interested. What are my options?
>
> What's a creator and what does it get me vs a "normal" framebuffer?
>
> All Ultra 30 framebuffers do 24bit or better color, right? I want to
> escape 8bit hell as soon as possible.
>
> What kind of connectors do the framebuffers have? I'd like HD15 if
> possible so I can use my decent 17" monitor without an adapter.
>
> What kind of FDDI card works in Solaris 8 on these machines?
>
> Just for fun, how much do the AMD Sun PCI cards run? Can they display
> using the regular monitor or do they require an external one?
>
> Non-U30, is there a SBUS framebuffer supported in Sol8?
>
> Thanks
> Mike
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