Re: ISO Matrox Multibus SX-900 graphics card manual
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > on a whim I bought > http://www.ebay.com/itm/142363021266 > > 640x480x8 Multibus graphics board with 80286 and NEC 7220 > Seller has another one listed, $60 BIN: http://www.ebay.com/itm/142363050572 While on the topic of Matrox graphics boards from around the same time frame, does anyone know of any Matrox boards that use an NS32016 CPU other than the QG-640? Someone was asking me about such a board, which is definitely not a QG-640, with an NS32016 CPU and a Matrox copyright date of 1985 in the firmware. The board form factor might be something similar to a full sized ISA bus board, although I can't be sure about that. I don't see anything in the manuals here that could be a match. The only one I saw with an NS32016 CPU is the QG-640. http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/matrox/
Re: ISO Matrox Multibus SX-900 graphics card manual
On Apr 26, 2017, at 6:01 PM, Glen Slick via cctech wrote: > While on the topic of Matrox graphics boards from around the same time > frame, does anyone know of any Matrox boards that use an NS32016 CPU > other than the QG-640? The Matrox PG-640. Same graphics accelerator, but for PC compatibles. I just happened to have one sitting out on the counter. I checked it and it definitely has an NS32016 on it. The PG-640 is a dual-width 8-bit ISA card (instead of QBus for the QG-640). It's supposed to be compatible with the IBM PGC, but presumably only if your software behaves and doesn't try to program the 8086 on the PGC directly. My experience with the supposedly-PGC-compatible Vermont Microsystems Image Manager 1024 is that it is compatible (AutoCAD), except when it isn't (Generic CADD). I haven't actually tried to use the PG-640 yet so I can't say more about this. The PG-640 is supposed to be faster than the PGC, too. Perhaps it is, except when it isn't. ok bear. -- until further notice
Re: ISO Matrox Multibus SX-900 graphics card manual
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:37 AM, r.stricklin via cctalk wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2017, at 6:01 PM, Glen Slick via cctech wrote: > >> While on the topic of Matrox graphics boards from around the same time >> frame, does anyone know of any Matrox boards that use an NS32016 CPU >> other than the QG-640? > > The Matrox PG-640. Same graphics accelerator, but for PC compatibles. I just > happened to have one sitting out on the counter. I checked it and it > definitely has an NS32016 on it. > Thank you. Mystery solved. The board in question does appear to be a match for the bottom board of the Matrox PG-640 board set shown in the photos of this eBay listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/311599569320 If anyone is interested in images of the Q-Bus version QG-640 I posted a scan of one here, along with binary images of the firmware: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8Vwo-hnhVM5dUhOYnZqY3JUM3M Back on topic, hope someone can provide Al with a copy of the Matrox Multibus SX-900 graphics card manual.
Re: ISO Matrox Multibus SX-900 graphics card manual
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Glen Slick wrote: > > If anyone is interested in images of the Q-Bus version QG-640 I posted > a scan of one here, along with binary images of the firmware: > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8Vwo-hnhVM5dUhOYnZqY3JUM3M > Sorry for sidetracking this thread further. I meant to post this link to the folder, not an individual file. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8Vwo-hnhVM5X3puYVZ2U0E5NFU
