> > Heh... reminds me... don't even ask what this TurboGX cost me. :) > > Oh well... at least X is usable now... > > > > Sun hardware is expensive, but you get what you pay for... > > > True, it's very nice even if ti dosnt' do 24bit color. Eventually (like > in the next 6 months) I want to get a Sparc20 and use the onboard SX > video.. however most places that have 20's up for grabs adon't have the > VSIMMs... :(
I'll have to warn you, though... I have an SS20 in front of me at work right now (my desktop machine here), and I have it dual-headed with a Turbo GX and an SX (the SX in 24-bit mode). The SX is so slow in 24-bit mode than I wouldn't (and don't) run anything more than Netscape and dtmail on it. This is permormance in Solaris BTW... I haven't tried Linux on this machine (nor do I think I will ever get a chance to)... and I wouldn't expect Linux's performance to be any better with it. If you don't mind slow (like cg3 slow) 24-bit graphics, then go for it. One other thing... I can't seem to find it now (maybe it's been fixed/updated), but I remember seeing somewhere that the cg14 (SX) was supported "in CG3 mode", or something like that... which may mean an expensive and slow 8-bit card if this is so...