Re: TGZ framebuffer in a SparcSTATION 1+

Maarten Deen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.solaris.at-home
Message-ID <[email protected]>
silvercreekvalley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently dug my SparcStation 1+ out of storage and 
> in no time its up and running and now upgraded to 
> 64M memory - I never realised I could do that :)
> 
> Anyway I've currently got a cg3 style colour framebuffer
> fitted which works fine, but thought I'd try my TurboGX
> framebuffer (501-2325).
> 
> However with the TGX fitted, the Sparcstation doesnt 
> boot at all.
> 
> I'm guessing this is some kind of PROM/ROM issue - so
> the question is - what kind of grahics card upgrade 
> could I use here?

If memory serves me right here, the TGX was supported only from SparcStation 2 
and IPX forward. Not on SparcStation 1 (or IPC).

Regards,
Maarten
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