[GEM Development] Source for Old Video Cards

[rob at midworld.co.uk]

I believe I may have a Wyse 700 + monitor sitting around at $parent's
place.  I'll try to remember to dig it out next time I'm down there.

Heaven alone knows if it still works, but it was built sturdily - it
certainly survived me pushing the wrong things down the cable at one
point and burning off all the dust in the monitor...

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:15:09PM +0100, John Elliott wrote:
> > I don't remember which one(S) John had a
> > particular interest in testing his drivers against, but MAYBE one of them
> > is available from this 'seller'.
> 
>   For what it's worth, the drivers I've built but can't test are:
> 
> * AT&T Display Enhancement Board
> * Wyse 700 1280x800
> * Genius 728x1008 
> * Genoa SVGA
> * Quadram Prosync (I've got the card for this, but no EGA monitor)
> 
>   And the other driver I'd like to test at some point is:
> 
> * Paradise 8514/A Plus  (just an 8514/A won't do; I've tried).
> 
>   It occurs to me that rather than trying to find physical hardware for all
> of these, it'd be simpler to hack support for the appropriate video modes
> into a PC emulator. That'd also help with some of the funnies like
> Plantronics and C&T 720x540, where I have to unearth this or that antique XT
> every time I want to test.
>   I built the BBC Master driver entirely on an emulator, not having a real
> Master; and the Apricot Xi driver was developed in parallel with the
> emulator (QDAE). Once I'd written the driver, it took me something like ten
> months to get around to finishing the emulator and releasing it.
> 
> -- 
> John Elliott
>  
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