[Sunhelp] ZX Framebuffer on a SS2/Solaris 7

[James Lockwood]

On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Bill Bradford wrote:

> Support for the ZX card stopped in Solaris 2.6; I'm not sure (I dont 
> remember) if its even supported in the SS2 at all.  I dont think so; I
> think the drivers are for sun4m or better, only (the manual talks about
> a SS2, but I remember seeing a bug on sunsolve saying that was a typo).

The ZX was partially supported on the SS2 in Solaris 2.4.  Support for
sun4c was removed after 2.4, and support for sun4m/sun4u was removed after
2.6.

> You can use it under Sol7 if you copy the drivers off a 2.6 CD, but it
> will be unaccelerated (e.g., really really slow).

It was never terribly fast at 2D.  With 3rd-party OpenGL drivers it's not
a bad card if you never do texturing and stick to under 4 lights.

-James