[rescue] help me improve this Sparcstation 4 ...

r.stricklin bear at typewritten.org
Sun Nov 28 01:52:25 CST 2004


On Nov 26, 2004, at 6:14 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:

> So basically a Sparc5 with TGX will give me audio and everything this
> machine has, aside from the ability to go to 24bit color.  I don't
> think NS would use whatever acceleration the TCX has over the TGX
> anyways.  Looks like an SS20 is the only true useful option for NS3.3
> on SPARC.
>

NEXTSTEP on SPARC does indeed fully support the TCX (S24) AFX 
framebuffer in the SPARCstation 5. It does not, however, support the 
VSIMM on SPARCstation 4.

It also supports multiple head configurations, though you should be 
prepared for some possible unexpected limitations. I personally have 
used it in a dual-head configuration with an S24 and CG6 on an SS5.

ok
bear



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