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- From: peterb@perturb.esd.sgi.com (Peter Birch)
- Subject: Re: FSN doesn't work on Indigo XS!
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <GREENDOG.92Nov9115852@insti.physics.sunysb.edu>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 20:24:14 GMT
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- In article <GREENDOG.92Nov9115852@insti.physics.sunysb.edu>, greendog@insti.physics.sunysb.edu writes:
- > We've been using FSN on our R3000 indigo entry's... We just got an
- > R4000 indigo XS, and FSN doesn't work! It says "fsn requires zbuffer
- > and RGB".
- >
- > What's the deal?
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- The XS does z-buffering in hardware, and therefore does not have a software
- z-buffer mechanism. As you have discovered, the hardware z-buffer is optional
- (HU-ZBX, list price $2k), and as a result, if you do not have the option board,
- z-buffering is not supported. Presumably you were told this by your sales
- person :^)
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- FSN shouldn't be complaining about RGB, since both the Entry and XS support
- Virtual24 using 8 physical bitplanes.
-
- peter
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- .....Peter Birch.....peterb@perturb.esd.sgi.com.....MTS, Graphics Hardware.....
- ......Silicon Graphics, Inc.....Mountain View, CA 94039.....(415)390-1512......
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