Subject: Re: 21" 256colors?
To: None <ml@rz.uni-potsdam.de, thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Michael Lorenz <ml@persius.rz.uni-potsdam.de>
List: port-hp300
Date: 04/21/1997 10:21:47
HI !

>  > yup there is... for instance all the VRX devices ( you could barely call
>  > them boards ) who run with 24bit and have 3d graphic processors, but are
>  > not supported so far :-((((((( ( I have to use a monocrome topcat in a 433
>  > that indeed has such a VRX )
> 
> ...sigh, I wish I had documentation on these cards... Does anyone know
> the hp700 X server in R6 supports these, even as a dumb framebuffer?
> 
>  > ok, seriously: there should be a 256 color version of the catseye ?!
> 
> Correct:
> 
> topcat0 at intio0 addr 0x560000: 1280 x 1024 256 color hi-res catseye display

just one question: what's the real difference between the catseye and the topcat chip ?

bye
Michael