On Mon, 18 Nov 1996 08:46:53 -0700 (MST)  Jamie Gritton wrote:

>    The main thing that's stopped me from installing NetBSD in my
> 5000/200 is the news that the 3D video cards aren't supported.  I have
> the 3D cards labelled PMAG-D and PMAG-E that I'd like to be able to
> use.  There are two ways around this:
> 
> 1.  What cards are supported.  Someone offered to sell me a PMAG-B or
> a PMAG-J.  I looked at a PMAG-B, which is evidently supported, but the
> scan rate didn't match the monitor that I use with my PMAG-D (it's a
> very nice monitor and much of the reason I bought the computer).  How
> about the PMAG-J.  I don't have access to one of those to examine, and
> I only know it's 24-bit but not 3D.  Is it supported?  Anyone know if
> it's compatible monitor-wise with the PMAG-D (1280x1024 @ 72Hz I
> think)?
> 
> 2.  Supporting the 3D cards.  What would this take?  Do we lack specs
> for these?  How did we get specs for the ones that are supported?  One
> idea I had was making a wrapper for the Ultrix object file for the
> device, then linking both in, which would suffice for anyone with an
> Ultrix license.

Look at the pmax/FAQ page on the NetBSD web server for the answers to
both questions:

	http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/pmax/faq.html#video-support

In a nutshell, you can only use the PMAG-B and the PMAGB-B.  The
PMAGB-B runs at 1280x1024 @ 72Hz.

Simon.