Martin Bochnig wrote: >> Unless the specs are eventually released for the XVR-1000, I'm thinking >> the Creator3D >> will be about the best I can do when the day comes that Xsun is gone. >> (Sun Blade 2000) >> I'm quite glad that will be possible, have definitely gotten spoiled with >> high res + 3D. >> (not like the old sucky GX days at all :-) >> > > > Hey, I'm happy you SPARC users show up now. > > #0) The Elite3D (FFB2+) is better than the Creator3D. It is supported. That's > what I'm currently using here while typing, on JDS and Xorg, with openwin > pointing to X11 (possible thanks to the good fox-work of Moinak, Alan and the > X11-group) on a Blade 2000 Dual 1056MHz 6GB SunPCi3, running snv_95 with > zfs-root (note: when you upgrade your os use the text-installer, which gives > you an option to use zfs for /). x86-only users: SPARC isn't slow. > #1) The XVR-1000 aka FFB3: I got Xorg to recognise this card already (with > different src). Xorg started, but didn't create a root-window, it stayed in > text mode (while the console stdout indicated that it even registered mouse > events). Many components on the XVR-1000 seem to be identical with those on > earlier FFB boards. Except the core chipset (google for it, one of its > the-engineers has posted some info about it, but no specs). I don't know what > might be necessary to get the XVR-1000 fully operating. > #2) If you want to use something reallly modern and fast (in the Blade 2000) > then try to find a card from the x86 world which is still being delivered for > PCI 2.2 . Then compile the driver for SPARC SunOS5.x target and then take mdb > or dbx to debug it. This should work in most scenarios. But it would only > give you an additional Xorg head, not a boot-console. But you could use > serial, or a slow OF supported card for the boot, and the modern card for > your Desktop work. If you are interested in this send me a card and I will > look if I can make it work for you. If the driver doesn't conatin SPARC or > ppc -#ifdefs already, then we will add them. It's mainly about endianness > fixes. > > Is there any hope for the XVR-600 in this work? I think I have a couple of those and I'd like to use them if I can get my hands on a SPARC again.
You're right the UltraSparc III wasn't a bad machine. I think the thing I miss most from when I was at Sun was the SB2000 (2x12.Ghz, 8GB, 2x 73GB, 2x XVR-1200 - either that or XVR-1000.) I've searched EBay, but they're not cheap I should have pulled the trigger on one of a few I saw for about $900, but I was still laid-off then and couldn't justify the expense. Now I wonder if the SB2500 wouldn't be better machine. -Kyle > %m > _______________________________________________ > xwin-discuss mailing list > xwin-discuss at opensolaris.org >
