Going from CGSIX (GX) to TurboGX

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Title: Going from CGSIX (GX) to TurboGX
Post by: linmag7 on December 30, 2008, 05:54:53 PM
Hi,

I've recently moved from a single-buffer 1MB CGSIX GX framebuffer to a TurboGX (TGX4) double buffered card with 4MB memory. Booting OpenSTEP 4.2 shows that the machine recognizes the double-buffer capable card and it sees the full 4MB of framebuffer space.
Do I need to tell the OpenSTEP GUI to enable double buffering since it was installed on a single-buffer only capable machine, or is it automatically enabled whenever double buffering is available?
Title: Re: Going from CGSIX (GX) to TurboGX
Post by: kb7sqi on December 31, 2008, 02:51:34 PM
Quote from: "linmag7"Hi,

I've recently moved from a single-buffer 1MB CGSIX GX framebuffer to a TurboGX (TGX4) double buffered card with 4MB memory. Booting OpenSTEP 4.2 shows that the machine recognizes the double-buffer capable card and it sees the full 4MB of framebuffer space.
Do I need to tell the OpenSTEP GUI to enable double buffering since it was installed on a single-buffer only capable machine, or is it automatically enabled whenever double buffering is available?

It should just work. :-)  I never changed anything on my system when I swapped the cards.  Now, when I changed it to a 24 bit card, I had to change  the driver in the Configure.app.   One good thing about Sparc's/Gecko's, there isn't too many choices for hardware, so most things just work like on the m68k boxes.  I love both my Sparc 5/Gecko. ;-)  Have a great new year!

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