[GEM Development] Source for Old Video Cards

[Thomas Clayton]

Do you /think/ you have /the/ video card to drive the Wyse 700?

That would help John, also! ;-)

Sincerely,

Thomas Clayton



--- On Tue, 9/16/08, rob at midworld.co.uk <rob at midworld.co.uk> wrote:

> From: rob at midworld.co.uk <rob at midworld.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [GEM Development] Source for Old Video Cards
> To: "GEM Development" <gem-dev at simpits.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 5:25 PM
> 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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