First post, by curggles@gmail.com
I was just curious if a software defined 3dfx graphics card would be possible. With all the enthusiasts in the community and all the really great hardware projects that are making old things new, this would be great! The last few years I have been picking up my old pc's right back to 386 machines and even further with my amiga 500. The one thing that I find so impressive is the way people are giving old functions back to old computers using new tech like the raspberry pi. Things like pico gus, and even on the amiga adding accelerators like the pistorm. It makes me wonder if someone out there has already started trying to make a software defined GPU for old pc's or if it's even possible. I mean wouldn't it be great to have a card you throw in your old retro machine and one minute you're gaming with a GeForce 2 the next your running a voodoo 3. Anyways just something I was curious about. I neither have the skills or knowledge to do it myself if it was even possible. I wanted to see if I was the only one that thought of this. I would love to hear thoughts on this.
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