Subject: Re: Sun ZX (LEO) frame buffer
To: SPARC port <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/20/2000 09:15:02
# > At the risk of sounding heretical ...
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# > Why are we putting esoteric hardly-anybody-has-this sort of stuff
# > like SPARCprinter LPVI interfaces and ZX framebuffers on TODO lists?
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# > Maybe it's just me, but it seems like audio and 24-bit support for
# > more common 24-bit framebuffers should be more important than lpvi
# > drivers and ZX cards.
I believe Someone, somewhere, is working on this stuff. I remember
seeing someone hacking on the 24-bit stuff for Ultra not too long
ago.
I wish I were better with hardware (and had the @()*#$ time!). I'd
help...
And of course, there's the fact that Sun won't release the proper
documentation...
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--*greywolf;
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