I have an Ultra 5 and am using the built-in display driver. Is there a
reasonably
priced card that I can use to improve the display. The existing one is
limited on
colors and scan lines that I can use.

Thanks
Bill K7NOM

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Bill Janssen wrote:

> I have an Ultra 5 and am using the built-in display driver. Is there a
> reasonably
> priced card that I can use to improve the display. The existing one is
> limited on
> colors and scan lines that I can use.

The PGX64 or XVR100 are probably your best bets.

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HI,

Bill Janssen wrote:
> I have an Ultra 5 and am using the built-in display driver. Is there a
> reasonably
> priced card that I can use to improve the display. The existing one is
> limited on
> colors and scan lines that I can use.
>
> Thanks
> Bill K7NOM
In addition to Rich, XVR-500 on Ebay is probably the best performing board.

/michael

HI,

Rich Teer wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Bill Janssen wrote:
>
>
>>I have an Ultra 5 and am using the built-in display driver. Is there a
>>reasonably
>>priced card that I can use to improve the display. The existing one is
>>limited on
>>colors and scan lines that I can use.
>
>
> The PGX64 or XVR100 are probably your best bets.
>
PKX64, is not a very good board, XVR 500 is better for the same money.

/michael

Michael Laajanen schrieb:

> In addition to Rich, XVR-500 on Ebay is probably the best performing board.

I just tried this and my U5 don't even recognized the card.
I think the OBP is too old for the card...

Orgel

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On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Thomas Orgelmacher wrote:

> I just tried this and my U5 don't even recognized the card.
> I think the OBP is too old for the card...

Have you installed the latest OBP?

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HI,

Thomas Orgelmacher wrote:
> Michael Laajanen schrieb:
>
>> In addition to Rich, XVR-500 on Ebay is probably the best performing
>> board.
>
>
> I just tried this and my U5 don't even recognized the card.
> I think the OBP is too old for the card...
>
I am not sure about whan Openboot requires, but it is not the forth code
on the card? or what else is needed?

And once you get Solaris up, should not X work then, the driver for XVR
500 can't depend on the Openboot, or?

This sounds like a subject for Alan or Casper

/michael

Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Thomas Orgelmacher wrote:
>
> > I just tried this and my U5 don't even recognized the card.
> > I think the OBP is too old for the card...
>
> Have you installed the latest OBP?

Sure...

Now I will try a Expert3d Lite, which has arrived just today...

Orgel

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monitors on fire off the side of the multimedia lab. I've seen
NTU lights glitter in the dark near the Mail Gate. All these
things will be lost in time, like the root partition last week.

Michael Laajanen <michael_laajanen@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am not sure about whan Openboot requires, but it is not the forth
> code on the card? or what else is needed?

I thought of the PCI-Device-ID...

> And once you get Solaris up, should not X work then, the driver for
> XVR 500 can't depend on the Openboot, or?

There isn't even an entry in the output of "prtconf". A Linux-PC
recognizes the card on the bus.

> This sounds like a subject for Alan or Casper

Surely...

I just sold the XVR-500 to the price I bought it and will now
try an Expert3D Lite... We'll see...

Orgel

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NTU lights glitter in the dark near the Mail Gate. All these
things will be lost in time, like the root partition last week.

Michael Laajanen <michael_laajanen@yahoo.com> writes in comp.sys.sun.hardware:
|I am not sure about whan Openboot requires, but it is not the forth code
|on the card? or what else is needed?
|
|And once you get Solaris up, should not X work then, the driver for XVR
|500 can't depend on the Openboot, or?
|
|This sounds like a subject for Alan or Casper

Don't look at me - I would have thought it would have worked, but I've
never tried it myself.

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