Subject: Re: Creator 3D Frambuffers
To: Gary Parker <G.J.Parker@lboro.ac.uk>
From: segv <segv@netctl.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 07/27/2005 11:20:37
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:57:29 +0100
"Gary Parker" <G.J.Parker@lboro.ac.uk> wrote:

> I recently had a stack of 15 Sun Creator 3D cards (10x 501-4788 & 5x
> 501-5690) ripped out of Ultra10's dropped on my desk by a colleague. Are
> these of any use on a machine running NetBSD (or any other Open Source OS,
> for that matter?). Will they run X and if so is there an accelerated driver
> for them?
> 
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> 

I think NetBSD-current supports those cards with sunffb driver. You may have to
load afb.ucode module to get acceleration. The nice thing about those cards is
they support resolution of up to 1600x1200@70Hz

If you're gonna sell them on ebay, how much are you asking for a card?