Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.misc:4630 comp.unix.amiga:978 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!cbmehq!ganesha!giger From: giger@ganesha.uucp ( private) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: VisionA-Card (was: X-Pert: "50 MHz 68040 card available") Message-ID: <123@ganesha.uucp> Date: 15 Jun 91 19:18:52 GMT References: <1991Jun14.114706.2005@unibi.uni-bielefeld.de> Reply-To: giger@ganesha.uucp (Thomas Giger - private) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc Distribution: comp Organization: Commodore ESCO (European Support & Coordination Office) Lines: 26 In article <1991Jun14.114706.2005@unibi.uni-bielefeld.de> markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Markus Illenseer) writes: >In article , vinsci@nic.funet.fi (Leonard Norrgard) writes: >|> Their Visiona 24bit graphics card isn't available yet (though they >|> showed it at Amiga '91 in Berlin about a month ago), but scheduled for >|> the end of the year. The version shown at the show didn't have a [...] > >I was just wondering about. CBM showed the Vision Card running in the A3000UX >on the Ami-Expo in Berlin. There was a screen device and a seperate Monitor. >But, recently, i am not very sure. Could someone else proove it ? > >If it was not the card from X-Pert, then it was another card. But it was nice to >see the Amiga running X11R4 on a high-resolution card/monitor ! Commodore showed the A2410 card under UNIX which is supported by the X server shipping in version 1.1. The Visiona guys, at CeBIT '91, inititially didn't have plans for an X server, but I hope I was succesful convincing them. Note though, that the Visiona card is a true 24bit-plane design while Commodore's A2410 is 256 colors out 16 million. Unlike the A2410, the Visiona doesn't have its own on-board processor which could turn out to be less optimal for what you want under X, although it may be excellent for other purposes. Best regards, Thomas. -- Thomas Giger, Technical Support Manager, Commodore ESCO.