"pdimage.fsnet.co.uk" wrote:
> Hi,
> Anyone know anything about the Number Nine Revolution IV 32meg video
> card for macs? - like are the drivers still available and what the OS
> compatibility is like? I know the company has gone under but I have seen
> one of these for sale and it looks pretty impressive compared to my ATI
> XclaimVR.
>
> Pete in the UK
Is it the one on eBay? I saw it too and was curious about it. It looks
like it has a pretty impressive list of 2D/3D accel features. Does it have
OS 9/10 drivers available that work? How would it do with Jaguar?
<begin Amiga remembrance> Back in the day, the number Nine card was the only
card which could be had for an old PC that would be able to do as much as or
more than an Amiga could do graphically. Of course, the Number Nine card
was $2500 by itself, not counting the PC. Then the PC needed a sound card,
then lets not forget that lovely ISA configuration task, and himem so it
could see more than 640K, and... the Amiga was maybe $1500 all inclusive.
And when you plugged stuff in, it just worked automatically :-) And could
see 8 megs with no patches, plus two megs graphics RAM. And the Number
Nine card still couldn't genlock :-( <Amiga remembrance over>
So, does anyone know about the Number Nine card, or the company, or why they
went under?
Bolton
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