daf@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (05/08/91)
Hi all, There has been some recent discussion about the ability to display more than 256 colours on some SVGA boards. This is news to me (great news!). Does anyone have some code they would be willing to share with us all and a list of boards that can support more than the standard number of colours. Any detailed info on exactly how this is done would be useful too. I need a new board, and we have the Tseng 4000 at work - I was going to buy one of these, but if I could get more performance out of a different similar cost board, I'd change my mind!!! BTW, the Tseng was mentioned as a possibility in some posts. I have read the literature that came with it but it didn't mention this feature - or else I have missed it. cheers, Daf. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Davyd Norris : "Strange people physicists... In my opinion Physics Dept. : those that aren't already dead are in some Monash University, : way very, very sick." - Douglas Adams, Vic, Australia. : "The Long Dark Tea-time Of The Soul" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dre@sequoia.cray.com (Dennis Ellis) (05/09/91)
In article <1991May8.121157.86679@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> daf@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes: >Hi all, > >There has been some recent discussion about the ability to display more than >256 colours on some SVGA boards. This is news to me (great news!). > >Does anyone have some code they would be willing to share with us all and a >list of boards that can support more than the standard number of colours. Any >detailed info on exactly how this is done would be useful too. > No software, but here are a few boards (off the top of my head): Cardinal Tech. VGA732 640x480x15 (32K colors) National Design $2995 AT1100 1204x768x24 Everex $ 339 Viewpoint 640x480x15 Exerex $ 795 ? 640x480x24 to 1280x1024x8 The last one is the one I am considering most. It has VGA passthru and Windows3 drivers (along with Autocad and some others). Appears to be a good compromise between low-cost VGA res and high-cost 24-bit TARGA. -- ******************************************************************************* * Dennis Ellis (dre@sequoia.cray.com) * * * Cray Research, Inc. * * * Eagan, MN 55121 * All the normal stuff about opinions.. *
chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green) (05/09/91)
In article <084714.3118@timbuk.cray.com> dre@sequoia.cray.com (Dennis Ellis) writes: > No software, but here are a few boards (off the top of my head): > > Cardinal Tech. VGA732 640x480x15 (32K colors) > National Design $2995 AT1100 1204x768x24 > Everex $ 339 Viewpoint 640x480x15 > Exerex $ 795 ? 640x480x24 to 1280x1024x8 > Another good one is the Hercules Graphics Station Card. 60mhz 34010, TIGA, 1024x768x8 (non-interlaced), 640x480x16, 512x496x24, VGA, and aggressively priced (especially to developers). -- *-------------------------------------------*---------------------------* |Chris Green - Graphics Software Engineer - chrisg@commodore.COM f | Commodore-Amiga - uunet!cbmvax!chrisg n |My opinions are my own, and do not - killyouridolssonicdeath o |necessarily represent those of my employer.- itstheendoftheworld r *-------------------------------------------*---------------------------d
cwilson@yoyodyne.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Chris Wilson) (05/10/91)
In article <084714.3118@timbuk.cray.com> dre@sequoia.cray.com (Dennis Ellis) writes: > > No software, but here are a few boards (off the top of my head): > > Cardinal Tech. VGA732 640x480x15 (32K colors) > National Design $2995 AT1100 1204x768x24 > Everex $ 339 Viewpoint 640x480x15 > Exerex $ 795 ? 640x480x24 to 1280x1024x8 ...And don't forget the Hercules Graphics Station Card (I paid ~$700 for mine). It's made (Obviously) by Hercules, and does both 1024x768x8bit and 512x480x24bit, as well as something like 640x480x16 bit. -Chris Wilson cwilson@uiuc.edu