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Date: 2002-12-01 05:16:56
From "Stefan Tibus "
Subject: Re: GXT150
Well, as far as I can tell mine is a plain 7011-250 and it has a built-in GXT150 attached to some special graphics bus. I also had an GXT150M (MCA) around, so I could try whether they differ regarding the refresh rate setting... >From the US Sales Manual I just grabbed this: (http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/ussman Model/No.=7011-250) (#2766) GXT100 Graphics Adapter The GXT100 graphics adapter is an entry-level adapter for 1024 x 768 resolution graphics. (#2767) GXT150 Graphics Adapter The GXT150 graphics adapter has added VRAM over its entry-level counterpart (#2766) and provides 1280 x 1024, 1152 x 900, 1024 x 768 resolution support, multiple color palettes and hardware window support. So if you can have more than 1024x768 you have an GXT150. The M obviously is the MCA model as well as other adapters have P for PCI. Finally there even is a GXT150L with some special bus used in the 7006-41T/W and -42T/W... Something interesting I found there too: "(#4227) Sun Compatible Display Converter Cable" and then there's even a list of "Cables Required for Use with Other Displays" ...so I really think these are more than just cables with different connectors, but also with some encoding to specify the supported graphics modes. On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 03:52:44 -0800, Steve Scotten wrote: >So clarify this for me, because I was obviously confused. I'd mixed >up the GXT150 and the GXT100, and also it's been a while since I've >had the case on my Model 250 off. Are the GXT100 and GXT150 both add- >on MCA cards? And are they both offered in the form of integrated >video? >Or, as I'm starting to suspect, did all 7011-25x ship with an >integrated GXT100, with the addition of the GXT150 expansion card for >the 25T models? My service guide doesn't mention the GXT100 at all, >which leads me to believe that it may have existed only as an >integrated video adapter. >Steve
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