7 Aug 2010 15:10
Re: which framebuffers for sparcstation 1+
Craig Dewick <cdewick <at> lios.apana.org.au>
2010-08-07 13:10:32 GMT
2010-08-07 13:10:32 GMT
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010, der Mouse wrote:
>>> Anyone know which framebuffers will work with a SPARCStation 1+[?]
>> You should be able to get the GX cards to work. The TurboGX cards
>> (-2325 and -2992) may not have any support even in the later bootROM
>> versions.
>
> I tried a 501-2922 in my 1+ (ROM rev 1.3) and the boot wedged; I hooked
> up a serial console and the most significant-looking line was
>
> Unimplemented FCode token before address ffd1c266
>
> so I tried another one (I have more than any sane person short of a
> dealer will ever need) and got the same error.
Not surprising with the -2922's as they were quite a later version of the
TGX.
> So I went through my collection of other framebuffers, looking for
> things which might be GXes. (For example, if it doesn't have a
> Brooktree, it's probably monochrome.) I tried them in my 1+.
>
> Three of them worked: two 501-1672s and a 501-1996.
>
> Four of them wedged the POST - the working ones gave video somewhere
> around the 30 second mark; I gave these 45 seconds, still no video.
> The list: two 501-1232s, another 501-2922 (hm, why wasn't it with the
> rest?), and a non-Sun card ("TATUNG HERON Plus").
>
> Two of them gave video signal but did not give a working framebuffer.
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