I think these are fully supported under Windows 3.1 and certain versions of
SCO Unix but not much else.
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Subject:      Re: #9 GXi Configuration Problems/Questions
From:         Jeremy Chatfield <jdc@xinside.com>
Date:         1996/01/25
Message-ID:   <3107CBF8.52BFA1D7@xinside.com>
Newsgroups:   comp.os.linux.x 
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Sean Wohlgemuth wrote:
> 
> I am having trouble finding support (chipset or generic configuration)
> for the #9GXi Video Card.  I am trying to setup Linux X servers with
> this type of card to run off an HP I40 Bus system.  The PC's
> originally ran SCO and we are trying to switch them over to LINUX.
> If possible I would like to be running 1280x1024x256 Colors.  SCO ran
> the video card in this mode so I know that the card is capable of this
> resolution but it is now a matter of driver support or configuration.
> 
> Number Nine Technologies have provided me with next to none
> information regarding this card via technical-line and faxback
> services.  Most of the newer #9 cards seem to use S3 chipsets but the
> X -probeonly does not detect that chipset on the GXi.  The only
> information I have regarding the chipset is that the "processor" (as a
> #9 technical person called it) is a (Tiga) TI 340-120 processor by
> Texas Instruments.  They say that if I want to get the dot clock
> frequencies, I need to contact TI, is this true?

Hi,

Yes, the TIGA chipset really is a processor, long obsoleted.  You can
even reprogram the microcode.  The development kit used to be a mere
$70K.  It was quite popular on high end boards about four or five years
ago, but never had much Intel UNIX support because the microcode was
optimised for Windows and the performance was pretty poor under the X
Window System, and no one wanted to buy the development kit and spend
six months reprogramming it, to discover that it was obsoleted by
something else.  The graphics market moves so fast that if something is
not commercially supported before it is released, it probably won't ever
be supported, because it will have been superceded!

Give up the quest and buy a modern board!  The time you've already spent
on this likely fruitless search will probably pay for a new board :-(

I've no idea about setting it up as an SVGA board - perhaps someone else
can help with that?

Cheers, JeremyC.
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