Hello,
On Sat, 08 Dec 2018, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>On 08/12/2018 07:33, David Haller wrote:
>> *Meh*
>>
>> I miss my Matrox Mystique (first model w/170MHz RAMDAC!) with a
>> whopping 4 MB SGRAM, and not even a heatsink, just the plain naked
>> chip, much less a fan, and it ran in a PCI slot, at about ~4.5W (or
>> was it 5W?) theoretical max usage...
>
>As it happens, I had the exact same card! Well, almost. I had the 2MB
>version. There was a 2MB module that you could use to upgrade to a total of
>4MB, but I was never able to find it anywhere. And there was no "online
>shopping" back then. As result, I was only able to play Tomb Raider 1 at
>512x384 instead of 640x480 :-)
from a lilo.conf back when:
append="video=matrox:vesa:789 ..."
best 2D ever, eh? The con is noticeably much slower on nvidia than
with that matrox at any resolution (from "normal" to whatever)... Oh,
and I could play "Descent" just fine at 800x600 or so. Got sorta dizzy
the first hour or so, but once adjusted, wow, *that's* a 3D game! And
still is! :) I still like to play it (as d1x, patched for max
ammo[1]/energy/shield *hrhrhr* I play alone and for fun, not for
setting records ;) I also patch BfWesnoth in the same vein... *eg*
*ARGH* I should get meself a github account and polish and submit some
of my local patches / new ebuilds ... No, not those "cheating" patches :)
Just e.g. stuff that makes stuff optional for libreoffice... *gnarf*
-dnh
[1] for the gauss, signed short, IIRC.
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