dwb4h@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (Daniel W. Bingler) (05/30/91)
Can you put a 24-bit color board into a 386? If so, what about prices, etc. DwB
rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) (06/01/91)
In article <1991May30.124427.19452@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> dwb4h@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (Daniel W. Bingler) writes: >Can you put a 24-bit color board into a 386? If so, what about prices, etc. Sure. That would be the Targa or Targa+ boards, which are the 24/32-bit standards for the PC. I think a Targa+ runs about $1600 nowdays, but I'm really not up on the pricing. -- Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks. | Ron Dippold
cwilson@yoyodyne.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Chris Wilson) (06/01/91)
In article <1991May30.124427.19452@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> dwb4h@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (Daniel W. Bingler) writes: >Can you put a 24-bit color board into a 386? If so, what about prices, etc. There are also other alternatives to the Targa boards, such as the Hercules Graphics Station card I'm using right now, the RasterOps cards, etc... -Chris Wilson cwilson@uiuc.edu
erik@westworld.esd.sgi.com (Erik Fortune) (06/04/91)
I may as well throw in a plug for the SGI IrisVision card. It comes in 8 and 24 bit versions and supports SGI's GL (Graphics Library -- immediate mode 3D). -- Erik
guest1@cse.csulb.edu (guest #1) (06/05/91)
In article <1991May30.124427.19452@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> dwb4h@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (Daniel W. Bingler) writes: > Can you put a 24-bit color board into a 386? If so, what about prices, etc. > > DwB I read an article last month about "AQuest" (not sure of capitalization) which was recently formed by several of the designers of the Intel i860. They are working on a graphics adapter based on the i860, presumably with full 24-bit color capability. Does anyone know the status of their product? The article mentioned that they wanted to make the product affordable, so maybe it will be less than $300 like the NeXTdimension board (edu/dev price). I don't even know where AQuest is located -- Texas, probably. Gary (a guest at a SCaN meeting)