Re: Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help?

Posted on 2012-07-30, 18:00

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Back on topic - I see no obvious early '80s stuff like Hercules or Plantronics? Could send them in if I find the time, though I guess the info should be readily available :) Well this is list of graphic chips makers, not graphic cards. And don't know any chip made by hercules. Well dunno about …

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Re: Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help?

Posted on 2012-07-30, 09:02

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http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/history-tree Great list. Suggested additions: Intergraph (RealiZm series) Dynamic Pictures (Oxygen Series) AccelGraphics (AG300/AG500) Artist Graphics (3GA/GPX) Early Matrox (pre 94 Impression, MGA 108, HiPerPlus) SGI (if you want only PC graphics, then the two …

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Re: Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help?

Posted on 2012-07-30, 08:56

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Back on topic - I see no obvious early '80s stuff like Hercules or Plantronics? Could send them in if I find the time, though I guess the info should be readily available :) Well this is list of graphic chips makers, not graphic cards. And don't know any chip made by hercules. Well dunno about …

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Re: Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help?

Posted on 2012-07-28, 10:57

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Stojke wrote: Ken Silvermans thing is horribly slow. This one is much much better: http://psydk.org/PngOptimizer.php No effect - optimized from 4029169 bytes to 4016109 bytes (99% of original size)

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Re: Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help?

Posted on 2012-07-28, 10:55

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That would be REAL3D. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real3D According to wiki no real chip for pc was ever made, so no space for real3d :happyhappy: Then you need to look up the wiki entry for i740 to see the history of the chip. Intel did not develop it, they bought it. Well it doesn't change fact …

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Re: Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help?

Posted on 2012-07-27, 14:10

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Headland is on mine to do list. But never heard about Raytheon - any better info or list of cards? Wiki says that they do military stuff. They did some stuff but Intel bought out their graphics division and the work that Raytheon did resulted in the i740. That would be REAL3D. http://en.wikipedia. …

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Re: Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help?

Posted on 2012-07-26, 16:29

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nforce4max wrote: Headland isn't on the list, got a packard bell machine that has that for a gpu. Raytheon is another. Headland is on mine to do list. But never heard about Raytheon - any better info or list of cards? Wiki says that they do military stuff.

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Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help?

Posted on 2012-07-25, 16:37

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Recently i released public version of mine latest project - graphic card history tree. Want to have there all pc graphic chips makers and maybe some nonpc too (ixmicro...). So far are there all big chip makers and slowly working on less known ones. If some of you folks know any missing chip there or …

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Re: Matrox Impression IS-Athena

Posted on 2012-07-24, 18:10

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If you wanna have some fun, then try patched Turok demo. It works (think i tested it on Millenium card) in 3d mode, but without textures it look really strange.... 😈

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-02, 16:25

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For free i got this one from Russia (now i have to look for something in return). Looks like brand new and unused.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-05-08, 09:19

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Genuine i740 with 4MB memory, who needs more with agp texturing 😁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-04-05, 19:17

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Wildcat 4110 VIO

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-02-16, 17:53

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Just got this (sellers picture).... In these are also Diamond Fire GL 3000 and 2x Elsa Gloria L/MX. Quadro 2mx too. Adaptec adapter has on box for Apple, so think it wont work on PC (dont need it anyway).

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-02-05, 13:51

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Got something for your retro LCD screens 😁

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Re: ARK Logic ARK1000VL VLB video card

Posted on 2012-02-04, 11:50

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It's really frustrating, because I can't test this thing at the moment, and so I don't know what BIOS the card is using. Once I can test it, I'll be able to look at the BIOS POST screen, and see what it says. Failing that, I could run something like Everest Ultimate, and it might tell me …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-02-01, 19:19

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VGA Edge-16 Graphics Solution Plus

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-01-29, 10:57

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I got TWO of these cards, and I had NO clue what they were from the picture, but I was surprised to find they WEREN'T video capture cards, but Matrox G100 4-head video cards. However the CATV is a puzzle to me. is it an input or an output? Does it output 4 monitors to 1 channel or 4 monitors to 4 …

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Re: Wanted: Utility for reading clocks on Matrox cards

Posted on 2012-01-22, 18:58

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Have some clocks at millenium cards, so think i get them from whatvga. But this sw isnt realiable much. Think it shows memory clocks. Just run any resolution from "Test extended modes" and when it ends, it sometimes show clock at some cards (think wont work on Impression Plus&Ultima).

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-12-21, 19:55

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Must show you also newest addition to Palcals collection (he dont speak/write english well, so he wont post here) - think its quite unique, too bad i dont have one too :sad: Did he test it? Am95c60 cards are quite rare, unlike the competing TIGA designs. It seems Datapath still offers drivers for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-12-21, 13:11

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It's interesting to see that bit of history there. We use a lot of Intergraph software at work, and once upon a time (decades ago, well before I started here), we used to run their InterPro CLIPPER machines with their CLIX (CLipper unIX) operating system for CAD work. I think they sold their …

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