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In article <9TaiqB2w165w@AntiMatr.hou.tx.us>, markw@AntiMatr.hou.tx.us (Mark Whetzel) writes:

|> I have just aquired an IBM RT 125 and I need a little assistance.

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|> 
|> Several questions:
|>   1)  What kind/vendor hard drives are needed for the EESDI controller?
|>   2)  Where can I get information on how to use this Matrox card?
|>   3)  Can it run X-windows?
|> Provided I can get info on the card and/or drivers, and ect...
|>   4)  Where can I get cable docs for making a cable.
|>   5)  What kind of monitor does the thing need, and what is the
|>       resolution of the card?
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> markw
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1)  When we converted (upgraded) our RTs to the EESDI, they came with 
	a utility disk that performed a low-level format on the 
	existing ESDI drives to make them into the EESDI drives.  No
	I don't have the utility disk anymore.

	NOTE: the following is an assumption that the card in your RT
	was the Matrox card that I am familiar with.  I suppose they
	do make more than one card, but only one that I know of was
	supported on the RT.

2)  The Matrox card is a vendor card that one could buy from Matrox (i.e.
	not an IBM card).  When our principle machines were RTs, several
	people had the Matrox card (alas, not me ;^{ ).  It's a high
	resolution graphics card that does at least 1024 x 1024.  We 
	connected it to the IBM 6081-19 Color Monitor (which has been 
	replaced by the 6091-19).  It was supposed to be faster than 
	the IBM high res color ("megapel") card, but I have no experience
	with that.  Yes, it will do X-windows.

You might be able to contact Matrox for technical info (I don't know if they
are still in business, though)

All this seems a little sketchy.  I hope it helps in some way.

Sincerely,
George Noren

My opinions, of course...
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