SUMMARY: 24bit colour SBus cards for Opus SS2 clone?

From: Chris Mackerell (chris@bcl.co.nz)
Date: Mon Feb 10 1992 - 20:30:56 CST


>
> 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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