On Sat, 6 Jun 2015, IMAP List Administration wrote: > Depending on the cost, hacking the X-Server might be an option. > I have presented MS-Windows as a given here, but in fact I could also use > Linux. > Do any possibilities involving Linux occur to you?
What kind of use do you require here for your app -- is that a one-off installation or a more widespread deployment? For a single use your simplest solution might be using similar hardware. ZLX-E2 is the PMAGD-B or HX+ TURBOchannel option (24-bit DirectColor, no Z-buffer, using a Bt463 RAMDAC), also known as SFB+ (Smart Frame Buffer+) after the graphics ASIC. A 5V PCI variant was manufactured under the name of ZLXp-E2, more commonly known as TGA (I don't know offhand what the acronym expands to). Both are supported under Linux, using the `tgafb' kernel driver and a corresponding X11 DDX module. So you might try this instead, chasing a 24-plane PCI TGA board should be doable. The board has no VGA compatibility AFAIK so there should be no odd issues with legacy address decoders or initialisation on non-Alpha systems -- the board should simply sit there quietly until initialised by the kernel driver and then taken over by the X server. The DDX module for the X server might not be built by default for TGA on non-Alpha systems though, so you might have to do some tweaking. Just a thought, maybe it'll help. Maciej
