[SunHELP] ZX framebuffer performance

[Saul Farber]

Hey,

Dont forget the rasterflex series!  The Rasterflex-32 is a one-slot 24bpp sbus option, and the Rasterflex-HR (High Resolution...I think), is a higher memory (whether that means "faster" I don't know) version.

The drivers for these cards stopped being supported after Solaris 2.6, but the HR has been said to work OK if you install the 2.6 drivers onto a Solaris 7 installation.

Saul	
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extra-pleased 24bpp color viewing rasterflex user  (It's the only way to get 24bpp color on an Ultra-1 (non-E)).

>
>> Bill (but its the only way to get 24bit on a SS10...)
>
>You can also use a TZX (aka the nuclear 4-slot framebuffer), a GS (aka
>cg12, slow), a GT (even slower) or an MGX+ (nicest by far for 2D but
>buggy and unsupported in recent OS revs).
>
>Support for the GS and GT was dropped after Solaris 2.4.  The TZX doesn't
>buy you much over the ZX unless you have code which uses its accelerated
>features.  The MGX+ is nearly as fast in 24bpp mode as the TGX is in 8bpp
>and it's only a single-wide card, but active support for it has ceased.

>-James [former owner, SS2/GT.  S_L_O_W.]