At 7:21 PM +0100 2/28/99, Paul Boven wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I saw a special for a SS5 Vsimm, for 24 bits graphics. My machine is
>a SS5, 85MHz. As I'm getting pretty tired of colormap-flashing or
>webpages dithered using 4 colours, I'd like to know if I could indeed
>use such a Vsimm on my machine, and whether NetBSD would support such
>a configuration.
>What would my other options be to get 24 bits color on this machine under
>NetBSD?
>
>Regards, Paul.
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The SS5 doesn't have a built in frame buffer. The vsimm is probably for an
ss10 or 20.
The only way to get 24 bit color on an SS5 is to get a 24 bit framebuffer
(kind of expensive
in my experience)

Brad

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