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    From richard smice@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 25 00:59:26 2023
    This thing looks loaded. High end video and lots of memory

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/204312563814

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  • From RickE@21:1/5 to richard smice on Sun Apr 30 21:17:23 2023
    On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 3:59:27 AM UTC-4, richard smice wrote:
    This thing looks loaded. High end video and lots of memory

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/204312563814

    Well, 32MB wasn't all that much, even back in the day. Yes, it's more than enough to run AIX 3.2.5. The seller says it's rare, I wouldn't go that far -- uncommon, yes. If I still had any interest in the old RS/6000 machines (I don't), I wouldn't pay
    more than $50 and I'd require proof that the hardware was good and that I had a valid userID/password to log into AIX. But that's just me...

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  • From richard smice@21:1/5 to RickE on Mon May 1 05:26:45 2023
    On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 12:17:25 AM UTC-4, RickE wrote:
    On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 3:59:27 AM UTC-4, richard smice wrote:
    This thing looks loaded. High end video and lots of memory

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/204312563814
    Well, 32MB wasn't all that much, even back in the day. Yes, it's more than enough to run AIX 3.2.5. The seller says it's rare, I wouldn't go that far -- uncommon, yes. If I still had any interest in the old RS/6000 machines (I don't), I wouldn't pay
    more than $50 and I'd require proof that the hardware was good and that I had a valid userID/password to log into AIX. But that's just me...


    It appears to have a very hard to find. Iris Vision video card.it is a two and a half slot card.
    these worked very well under cad programs back then and there were lots of drivers for them as well.
    Lorenzo has done a lot with them in early windows and dos programs as well...his work is in the Ardent Tool..
    I have a couple of them but I have not found the time to play with them

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  • From Kevin Bowling@21:1/5 to richard smice on Mon May 1 08:29:44 2023
    On 5/1/23 05:26, richard smice wrote:
    On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 12:17:25 AM UTC-4, RickE wrote:
    On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 3:59:27 AM UTC-4, richard smice wrote:
    This thing looks loaded. High end video and lots of memory

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/204312563814
    Well, 32MB wasn't all that much, even back in the day. Yes, it's more than enough to run AIX 3.2.5. The seller says it's rare, I wouldn't go that far -- uncommon, yes. If I still had any interest in the old RS/6000 machines (I don't), I wouldn't pay
    more than $50 and I'd require proof that the hardware was good and that I had a valid userID/password to log into AIX. But that's just me...

    I can't tell if any of the SIMMs are double sided but I think each board
    is 32MB based on the IC markings for a total of 64MB.


    It appears to have a very hard to find. Iris Vision video card.it is a two and a half slot card.
    these worked very well under cad programs back then and there were lots of drivers for them as well.
    Lorenzo has done a lot with them in early windows and dos programs as well...his work is in the Ardent Tool..
    I have a couple of them but I have not found the time to play with them


    This one has the GT4xi, an IBM design (based on all those TI DSPs) only
    used on AIX. The IrisVision is an earlier card. I'm not sure if you
    can use an RS/6000 IrisVision on a PS/2 but they were somewhat common in
    first gen RS/6000.

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Kevin Bowling on Mon May 1 12:14:15 2023
    According to legend, they cobbled together an OS/2 driver for it.

    " In the process of testing the product, it was discovered that an IBM
    PS/2 model 70 personal computer running OS/2 could be used to run
    diagnostics and test programs on the card much easier than using the
    RS-6000. So a minimal device driver was written for the card and soon
    IBM was shipping product. (Ed. Roger Brown can't find the "minimal OS/2 drivers" and he works for SGI.) "

    Kevin Bowling wrote:
    The IrisVision is an earlier card.  I'm not sure if you can use an
    RS/6000 IrisVision on a PS/2

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  • From richard smice@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Mon May 1 15:50:09 2023
    On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 1:14:15 PM UTC-4, Louis Ohland wrote:
    According to legend, they cobbled together an OS/2 driver for it.

    " In the process of testing the product, it was discovered that an IBM
    PS/2 model 70 personal computer running OS/2 could be used to run diagnostics and test programs on the card much easier than using the RS-6000. So a minimal device driver was written for the card and soon
    IBM was shipping product. (Ed. Roger Brown can't find the "minimal OS/2 drivers" and he works for SGI.) "
    Kevin Bowling wrote:
    The IrisVision is an earlier card. I'm not sure if you can use an
    RS/6000 IrisVision on a PS/2
    Lorenzo got everything working with all systems go back then.. on the tool..

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to richard smice on Mon May 1 19:49:05 2023
    Without looking at the page, lemmee guess, AutoCAD and some rendering
    programs?

    We can't use it as a supported video card under Windows to do non-CAD
    things?

    Jiri, Jiri, what has become of you?

    richard smice wrote:
    Lorenzo got everything working with all systems go back then.. on the tool..

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