On 04.05.02, 12:06:23, Michael Lorenz wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> >Errm. Do _any_ 400-series machines have external framebuffers? I
> >thought series 400 all had internal DIO-boards as framebuffers, if
> >any. (Having three series 400 machines myself (400t, 400s, 433t/dl),
> >all with no or internal framebuffer.)
> Hmm, the 433 I had the chance to play around with came with a TurboVRX 3D graphics device, an external box with lots of RAM, an i860 and some 
> other stuff inside that connected to the 433 with a DIO-II board and a rather thick ribbon cable. 

There were actually 3D graphics accellerators for HP9000 series 400?
Wow. Those must have been _really_ expensive.

> Because these beasts were rather expensive there weren't much, so it's unsupported. 
> btw. even some supported framebuffers are external ( think gatorbox... )

Oh, I didn't know that. I thought they were all internal boards. I
have only 8bit and 1bit internal boards, and I heard there were 24bit
framebuffers, but I've never seen one.

> 
> have fun
> Michael
> 
> 
> 

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