Re: Radius Thunder 3D (3DLabs Glint Delta+500TX) - Macintosh Driver v1.0.7 & ROM update _found_!

Posted on 2023-12-19, 12:50

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After some test, i can say that the Thunder 3D will not work with G4 CPUs. The computer will not even start. G3 CPUs will not work ell either and i have encountered issues with performance when using such CPUs. These problems could stem from clock speed or instruction set. For example: a 500MHz G3 ( …

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Re: Radius Thunder 3D (3DLabs Glint Delta+500TX) - Macintosh Driver v1.0.7 & ROM update _found_!

Posted on 2023-12-17, 13:58

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The ROM-update and driver double the 3D performance, especially in terms of pixel-throughput. The previous driver topped around 5.5 Mtex/s for textured filtered polygons. It now reaches around 10 Mtex/s. The card archives around 350Kploy/s in a synthetic benchmark with 25 pixel big shaded polygons. …

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Re: Radius Thunder 3D (3DLabs Glint Delta+500TX) - Macintosh

Posted on 2023-12-17, 13:51

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FOUND on MacWorld CD 08/97 Uploaded here: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/66972-rad … 0-7-rom-update-

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Re: Radius Thunder 3D (3DLabs Glint Delta+500TX) - Macintosh

Posted on 2023-12-16, 16:39

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lolo799 wrote on 2023-12-16, 14:42: There's a driver at https://vintageapple.org/macdrivers/video/kni … tech/index.html That is the release driver version (1.0.2). the filename for the 1.0.7 version is "Thunder1.0.7.sit.hqx" and was originally found here: ftp://ftp.radius.com/radius/software/mac/ …

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Re: Radius Thunder 3D (3DLabs Glint Delta+500TX)

Posted on 2023-12-16, 13:44

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additional pictures

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Radius Thunder 3D (3DLabs Glint Delta+500TX) - Macintosh Driver v1.0.7 & ROM update _found_!

Posted on 2023-12-16, 13:43

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Hi, Im looking for the 1.0.7 version of the driver for the Radius Thunder 3D. I have the 1.0.2 driver from the original floppy but no later version seems to be archived anywhere. Archive.org has a mention of the 1.0.7 drive that should fix a lot of issues and boost performance quite a bit but the …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2023-12-16, 13:25

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Interesting would be the comparison between the QD3D card from apple against the onboard ATI solutions apple offered back in the day? (Ati Rage Series etc.) Based on my benchmarks, i would say the Rage and Rage II would have been slower than the Apple 3D accelerator card in real-world scenarios. …

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Re: Thoughts on k6-233 on socket 5

Posted on 2023-07-16, 11:19

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Since i have tested 3 Buffalo/Melco Upgrades, i can say that the memory expansion option does not work on 'western' PCs. It uses a different enable-method for the memory and puts the additional memory above 16m. The NEC-PC98 series does not use the A20-Gate to access XMS but a different method. It …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2023-05-18, 11:14

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I have finally found the 1992 paper for the Prototype of the QD3D accelerator: There is even a shot of the silicon of two chips in the PDF: Rasterizer chips.png The Chips ran @ 40MHz (like Gotham) No textures 32bit Z-Index (like Gotham) 40bit internal RGB-a values (36bit in Gotham) 220 KPoly/s (4 …

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Re: Peritek "Borealis 3D" graphics chip from 2000/2001

Posted on 2023-03-15, 16:08

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Filename borealis.png File size 207.89 KiB Views 291 views

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Re: Peritek "Borealis 3D" graphics chip from 2000/2001

Posted on 2023-03-11, 14:26

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Thanks!

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Re: Peritek "Borealis 3D" graphics chip from 2000/2001

Posted on 2023-03-11, 13:01

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I have found 2 nearly identical variants of the AVID EDC4 with one having the T2R IV and the other having the Borealis 3D. I think it is safe to say that the "Borealis 3D" is actually a "#9 T2R IV". -Jonas

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Peritek "Borealis 3D" graphics chip from 2000/2001

Posted on 2023-03-11, 12:45

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I have found a (to me) unknown 3D design that intrigues me. It has similarities to the #9 T2R architecture and was used in the AVID EDC4 card. This card number was also used with the #9 T2R chipset. The main difference between these cards is that the Peritek Borealis 3D card uses SDRAM and has no …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2022-11-02, 12:21

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Hey stynx, could you please also post RaveBench 1.11 or 1.1.1 (exact version number uncertain) here. According to some old forum entry it was part of the CD-ROM that came with VillageTronic's 3D Overdrive accelerator addon board. Thx, Vasco Sorry, overlooked your comment Version 1.12 is here: …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2022-05-25, 13:17

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I found another game that works (without any performance or visual improvements): Virtual Chess. The game-count for the Quickdraw 3D Accelerator is now 3 ;-) Virtual Chess has a 3D Chessboard view. When the QD3D-card is activated, the 3D-view is slightly different (some render-errors occur) to the …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2022-05-22, 19:06

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A bit of background regarding the time that Quickdraw 3D was developed: 1994/ 1995: Apple was beginning to feel the 'burn' as the Macintosh platform was massively loosing marketshare. New PCI based PPC Macintosh were scheduled and Apple had just allowed clones to be manufactured. The Newton was …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2022-05-22, 18:14

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I have found some more info on 1995 developer CDs. The original Beta of Quickdraw 3D was June 1995 and version 1.0b1c5 (Apr. 14, 1995). The final release Version was 1.0.3 and was available in October 1995 together with the 3D accelerator card. The Beta did not have the accelerator interface or the …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2022-05-21, 15:45

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I just tested "Virtual Wings" and the Version 1.0.2 is compatible with the QuickDraw 3D accelerator. It runs pretty smoothly and has textures (that seem to be working). Tested games with 100% support so far: - Virtual Wings - Havoc Games that work with texture errors: - Nanosaur - Weekend Warrior …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2022-05-14, 20:00

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White Magic Correction: White Magic is most likely the name of the whole project and Gotham the Codename of the final QD3D-accelerator card. "White Magic Board" was used for the pre-release QD3D-accelerator (seed-card) in July 1995 with the release of Quickdraw 3D. A seed-card can be seen on the …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2022-03-20, 12:34

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The 3D accelerator cards were developed by the Quickdraw 3D team as part of the Apple Advanced Technology Group (Apple ATG). Key developers were: Stephanie L. Winner , Michael W. Kelley , Kirk Gould , Brent Pease, Bill Rivard, Alex Yen, Lee Mighdoll 1988-1990 start of the project 1992: White Magic …

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