>
> Hello everyone,
>
> We are looking at purchasing a 24bit colour board for an Opus SS2 clone
> and would like to know what is around, recommendations, sources etc.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Chris
>
>
Well,
This seems to be it:
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VITec RasterFLEX(TM) accelerators expand the power of your Sun SPARCstation
for true-color applications. RasterFLEX accelerators are plug-and-play;
application programs using NeWS, X11, or SunView can be run without
modification.
Features of the RasterFLEX accelerator cards include:
- SIMULTANEOUS 8-bit PseudoColor and 24-bit TrueColor windows
- Fast 32-bit windowing environment
- 4- or 8-bit non-destructive GRAPHIC OVERLAY capability
- Accelerated windowing functions, raster operations, and I/O
- Software environment includes X Window System (X11R4) or
OpenWindows 3.0, and SunView (8-bit only).
- Optimized versions of OpenWindows 3.0 and X Window System (X11R4)
- Two full 8:24 or 24:24 lookup tables plus 4-bit overlay table.
- LUT bypass capability for 8-bit StaticGray or 24-bit TrueColor
windows (use no hardware lookup table space)
- Supported Hosts: SPARCstation 1/1+, SPARCstation IPC,
SPARCstation 2, SPARCstation IPX
- Requires SunOS 4.1 or later
The RasterFLEX-32 is a SINGLE SLOT SBus card (dimensions 3.3" x 5.776")
and offers a choice of video formats: 1152x900 or 1024x1024.
The RasterFLEX-HR (High Resolution) is a double slot SBus card (dimensions
6.7" x 5.776") supporting 1280x1024 video resolution.
The RasterFLEX-32 lists for $3,995, and the RasterFLEX-HR lists for $5,895.
Discounts for VARs, ISVs, and educational institutions are available;
volume discounts are available as well.
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It remains to be seen if we will actually use this card.
Cheers,
Chris
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