Strange things found in a free SPARC 20

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Richard wrote:
>> [...]  Did Sun ever make an 
>> accelerated 24-bit card?
> 
> Yes, they made a bunch of different 3D accelerators during the 90s
> (and most likely beyond, but I haven't been attending SIGGRAPH often
> enough to say for sure).  Ironically, they didn't start making good 3D
> accelerators until they hired ex-Evans & Sutherland engineers.  I can
> concur that working at E&S was good training in 3D!  They really knew
> their engineering, its such a shame that marketing and management were
> utter failures.

Just to be sure, these cards were Sbus and not UPA, right?

Peace...  Sridhar