3dfx v4/5 driver per MacOS X ( XVoodoo Project )

[drake001]

ciao ragazzi, una domanda forse stupida, e' possibile "portare" dei driver per linux in MacOS X? , visto che al suo interno batte un cuore unix.
Vi prego ditemi di si....

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Thursday, November 8, 2001 news@insidemacgames.com
   
 Work Continues on Unofficial 3dfx OS X Drivers
12:55 PM | Sean Smith | 2 comments


Owners of the legendary Voodoo line of video cards were disappointed when 3dfx ceased operations last year, and rightly so. In a going-out-of-business sale, 3dfx transferred their technological assets to Nvidia, but did not see fit to make continuing support of their customers a condition of the sale.
Driver development for 3dfx cards ceased, leaving the Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 incompatible with Mac OS X. And while some users have had success using a Voodoo3 to drive a second monitor in 2D mode, 3D hardware acceleration is missing.
Continuing development of Mac OS 9 is also leaving the cards behind: the existing Mac Voodoo drivers are incompatible with OpenGL 1.2.2, introduced in Mac OS 9.2.
One intrepid programmer, however, is offering a glimmer of hope to Voodoo3, 4, and 5 owners moving on to Mac OS X. Adam Thayer has begun work on a 2D driver for the Voodoo3 that he hopes will drive a primary monitor under OS X:
These drivers will be a hack/kludge and cannot be assured to work. They may work for some, but not others. They may suddenly KP on you. I will try to solve any issues that arise later in development, but honestly, I cannot guarantee that I can fix them all. Just think of this along the lines of 3dfx's unsupport for the Voodoo3 on Macs.
Once Thayer can get the Voodoo3 working, he intends to work on Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 support. Note that his first goal is to simply to get the cards to drive a monitor under OS X; 2D graphics acceleration will come later, he hopes.
If Thayer is able to get the cards driving and accelerating 2D graphics, only then will he be able to turn his attention to OpenGL acceleration. (He doesn't mention any plans to attempt Glide support.)
Thayer is pursuing this project in his spare time and despite some formidable obstacles: the Voodoo4 and 5 chipset specifications were never published, 3dfx's Mac OS driver code was never released, and he doesn't have a Voodoo4 or 5 for testing. (If you're in a position to get Thayer access to the information he needs, he'd love to hear from you.)
For more information, check out Thayer's web page. Just don't plan on playing Giants: Citizen Kabuto on your Voodoo5 any time soon.
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La comunita' Mac pende dalle vostre labbra.....

Questo messaggio è stato aggiornato da drake001 il 10/11/2004  alle ore  13:57:23

Questo messaggio è stato aggiornato da drake001 il 10/11/2004  alle ore  13:58:56

[Glide]

Tutto è possibile in genere nel software: il porting sotto MAC è fattibile a patto di avere padronanza della tematica driver sia nel mondo di partenza che in quello di arrivo.

Ciao ciao

[drake001]

devo cercare un programmatore alla stazione dei treni o e' meglio in aereoporto?

[NIX]

Appena sarai atterrato, vola al sito Apple e scoprirai che sono sempre esistite le Voodoo per Mac e di conseguenza anche bios e driver sviluppati direttamente da Apple su specifiche di 3dfx:D

Apple IMAC G3 500Mhz BLUE 1GB RAM ATI RAGE128 16MB GENTOO-LINUX

Cerco in acquisto Epox EP-8k5a3+ o ASUS A7V333 REV 2.0

[drake001]

allora probabilmente sono cieco ma io i driver per la v5 e MacOS X non li vedo...... mi dici dove li posso trovare? grazie

P.S. come mai ho girato un sacco di forum e tutti li cercano? sono ciechi anche loro?


Questo messaggio è stato aggiornato da drake001 il 15/11/2004  alle ore  01:56:43

[Superbox]

I drivers Macintosh sicuramente esistevano, ma per l'OS X dubito ve ne siano.

E se dovessero esistere, sarebbero più facilmente il frutto del lavoro di qualche "scienziato pazzo", piuttosto che del team della Apple (che delle schede obsolete ovviamente se ne sbatte altamente)...