Platform Notes: SMCC Frame Buffers
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............................Contents


Preface
xi

1. TurboGXplus Frame Buffer
1
...TurboGXplus Supported Monitors 1
...Default Screen Resolutions 3
...Programming the Screen Resolution 3
......Configuring Monitors Using a UNIX Script 5
......Configuring Monitors Using the PROM Method 6
......Setting up a Single Monitor Using the PROM Method 7
......Setting up a Single Monitor Using a UNIX Script 7
......Setting up Multiple Monitors using a UNIX Script 7

2. S24 Frame Buffer
9
...S24 Application Compatibility 9
...S24 Frame Buffer Screen Resolutions 10
......Default Screen Resolutions 11
......Changing the Screen Resolution 11

3. ZX and TurboZX Graphics Accelerator
13
...ZX Supported Monitors 14
...Default Screen Resolutions 15
...Supported Screen Resolutions 16
...Changing the Screen Resolution Temporarily 16
...Modifying the leoconfig Initialization File 17
...ZX Graphics Accelerator Restrictions 20
......Using a Non-Sun Monitor as Console 20
......Restrictions to Changing the Default Screen Resolution 20

4. SX Frame Buffer
23
...SX Supported Monitors 24
...Default Screen Resolutions 25
...Changing the Screen Resolution 26
...Changing the Pixel Depth 27

5. Creator Graphics Accelerator
29
...Default Screen Resolutions 30
...Supported Screen Resolutions 30
...Changing the Screen Resolution Temporarily 31
...Changing Screen Resolution to Stereo 32
...Changing the Visual List Order 32

6. Creator Window System
33
...Introduction 33
...Creator Visuals 34
......Default Visual 34
......List of Visuals 34
......Overlay/Underlay Structure 36
......Comparison with the SX Accelerator 37
......Comparison with the ZX Accelerator 38
...Hardware Color LUT Usage 40
...Reducing Colormap Flashing 40
......Advice to End Users 41
......Advice to Programmers 41
...Hardware Window IDs 42
...Cursor Management 43
...Hardware Double Buffering 44
...Device Configuration 45
...Performance Notes 45
......Direct Xlib 45
......X11perf -shmput<nn> 46
......No Creator Pixel Copy Hardware 46
...Miscellaneous 46
......Background None Window Transient Color Effects 46

7. XIL Acceleration on Ultra/Creator
49
...Introduction 49
...XIL Data Types 49
...Accelerated Functions 50

8. Multiple Monitors on a System
53
...Multiple Monitor Configuration 53
...Device File Names 54
...Checking the Available Frame Buffers 55
...Starting OpenWindows from the Console 56
...Running OpenWindows on Multiple Monitors 56
...Changing the Polling Order 58
......SBus Addresses 58
......Polling Order 59
......Changing the sbus-probe-list 59