Hiya, Jason, Nathan,

Jason Thorpe sez:
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 * On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 01:11:12 -0800 
 *  Nathan Gelbard <gelbard@ENGR.ORST.EDU> wrote:
 * 
 *  > Is there a way to verify that my framebuffer is a
 *  > 'REAL' cgsix? It has no identifying markings, but 
 *  > the kernel reads it as one. Were there clones made?
 *  > Good back luck with them?
 * 
 * Sbus cgsix cards tell the kernel that they're cgsix cards.  This is
 * part of how the OpenProm works.

Yep -- ${OPENPROMROOT}/sbus[@0,f8000000]/cgsix[@3,0]

 * 
 * As far as I know, they were all made by SMCC.

I think someone like EOS or Cycle5 had some clones floating around...

 * 
 * Wasn't there a cgsix that had some beefier acceleration hardware on it?
 * Was this the GX?  It's been a while, and I can't remember :-)

A cg6 is a GX; you might be thinking of the GX+ which has 4MB memory,
double-buffering and 1280x1024 possible resolution.

These seem to be a bit more difficult to come by...

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