Re: Powerstorm 350 graphics card drivers?

[Jeff Donsbach <jeff donsbach hp com>]

William H. Magill wrote:

> Were any of the PowerStorm cards ever supported in any environment other
> than Tru64 (and I assume VMS)?
>
> Their history has always been more than slightly murky.


PowerStorm was a "marketing" name applied to many very different cards. 
Some have Linux support, some don't. The ones that come to mind that do 
are the PowerStorm 3D30 (2 MB 8 plane) and 4D20 (16 MB, 24 plane); i.e. 
the TGA2 cards, both thanks to Jay I might add. Also, the PowerStorm 
4D10 which was a Permedia 2 card. The rest do not have any Linux support.

> I never figured out if the proprietary issues was really with E&S or  
> with Dec/Compaq.


E&S. Try and find x86 drivers for them. I dare ya! :-)

> At this point in time the PowerStorm cards are what, 10 years old?
> (They were DEC cards originally.)


Depends which one you are talking about. The TGA2s are about 8 years old 
or so.

> E&S does have Linux drivers for newer cards in their REALImage 
> series.  I assume that
> they are Intel binares, however.
But do they have RealImage 2100 drivers? I've never seen any.

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