Re: Alpha hardware question

jestabro@amt.tay1.dec.com
Tue, 10 Dec 1996 17:08:13 -0500

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>>> John Banghart said:
> Is it possible to use the Powerstorm 3D card in my AS255 in a PC? It
> looks like a standard PCI bus, but I'm simply not sure.

The Powerstorm cards (aka TGA2) have a (rather dumb) VGA+BIOS onboard,
useful for running text mode console but not much else.

It *is* standard PCI, but it may be impossible to find an X server that
will work on the VGA part, if my sources are correct. Let me know if you
want to try a 640x480 monochrome server which might have a chance of working.
That'd be quite a come-down for a card whose cheapest implementation (3D30)
lists for $795... :-)

--Jay++

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