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01-16-2008, 01:19 PM
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 TAAC-1 Hi, Having recovered a TAAC-1 board-set from being lost to the world, I'd like to use it. Or at least, get it to work. But, the only machine with the necessary bus structure is a SPARCserver 670MP VMEbus machine. Physically, it fits. And I also rejumpered the backplane according to some documentation I found about the module, and the backplane. The system boots. I've installed the highest Solaris version that both supports the Computer and the TAAC. Solaris 1.4.something[1]. That runs. No problem. The only worry is, according to the manual, the SUN4M architecture doesn't support TAAC boards. Is the manual right? Or can the kernel be tweaked to allow for this piece of hardware. On the other hand, does the TAAC system have enough processing power, to compete with the four 40MHz SPARC CPU's, or should I try to find an old SUN3 to put the board in? Alex. [1] I think it was. It was some time ago.      |
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01-16-2008, 01:19 PM
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| Re: TAAC-1 x-no-archive: yes Alex van Denzel wrote: > Hi, > > Having recovered a TAAC-1 board-set from being lost to the world, I'd > like to use it. Or at least, get it to work. > If you ever get it to work (right machine/OS), I've got a piece of software that makes use of it (as a 3D accelerator; I think the TAAC generated image was superimposed over a SunView window somehow). I believe you'll need a special development system to compile the software for the TAAC CPU(s), though... -- "Junto al estanque me atrapó la ilusión escuchando el lenguaje de las plantas" - Santiago Auserón Please keep the 'x-no-archive: yes' header. |
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01-16-2008, 01:19 PM
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| Re: TAAC-1 neoholistic wrote: > I think the TAAC > generated image was superimposed over a SunView window somehow. The trick is: draw a rectangle of a specially defined colour. That rectangle will be replaced by the TAAC output. At least, that's what the relevant web-pages tell me. -- Alex. |
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