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Re: review: Radeon 7000 for BrickDraw3D, low-end Mac
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:32:12 GMT
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Baseline.
> You call that a baseline? Can't you do something for the old
> PowerMac 6100 that I got out of my sister in-law's closet? All
> I can coax out of it is some sort of boing sound, but I'm sure
> you could work around that. ;)
They may be oldbut they work! As to 6100, while given enough RAM it should
run MacOS 8.6 and higher, I'm afraid your are of of luck with OpenGL
programs, as GLUT only operates with ATI graphics cards and to my knowledge
ATI have never made NuBus graphics cards. I have the same problem with my
old 7200/120, it will run LdGLite (Mac) but offers no visual feed back (it
has an original Techworks 3dfx card). But machines like this are useful for
development machines as they compile code ok and are not usually used by the
rest of the household. (ps I also have a Powerbook 165c that I use to test
my programs written in 68K code).
NB a 6100 mac should make an excellent internet machine as they are from
memory equipped with "Geoports" thus allowing direct cable connection to the
serial port through a geoport adaptor.
Experiment - old gear can make interesting machinery if used sympathetically.
Have fun
Andrew
> I'd tell you about my on and off efforts to try and get my old
> 386sx DOS PC to function as a baseline for ldglite, but I'm
> somewhat embarrassed to admit I still use that thing.
>
> Don
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