USB VIDEO ON THE DENEB?

[arnljot]

I would chip in with €20, and I understand that it´s not a sure thing.

[arnljot]

Seems like there are several variations

Very very cool.

Seems like the tally is
arnljot €20
Darrin €20
HyAmi €20
amigadave $20

So seems to me that the total is €60 + $20. Getting there Now we just need Platon42 to accept

[arnljot]

Platon42, I can wire the full amount to you first. Then the pledgers can send me their part of the amount to my paypal.

So I suggest:
1) I(or other) wires full amount up front to Chris
2) Chris confirms receipt of the funds in this thread
3) Pledgers pay their pledged part of the amount to my paypal or whoever else put up the money up front

Statement: When I wire the money to Chris I consider it payment for the following service: That Chris will aquire and look at supporing a USB graphichs card for the Poseidon USB Stack and Deneb USB Card for the Amiga. However, Chris is under no obligation to actually deliver this, this can be due to technical constraints or constraints to his time to spend on this.

Or to quote Chris himself:

Platon42 wrote:
About that "bounty" -- even if I'd get the adapter, this would not come with an obligation to complete the project. As said above, the task would be rather complex.

[arnljot]

@wawrzon
I don't think w3d will be in the mix, a pure 2D card only I think. Classic amigas have little or no 3D support ouside software w3d drivers or permedia. I'm not even sure if there is warp3d drivers for voodoo? Also, wawrzon, are you located in Germany?

@amigadave
Very good questions. I think that it's not PAL or NTSC as it's PC. And that PAL or NTSC only comes into play when we're talking TV screens. But better that Chris looks into this and answers it, or perhaps alexh

@darrin
Yes, but like you say; this has to be okay with Chris. Also wawrzon has offered to arrange for him to get hardware - so chris has to opt for the solution which suits him best, not necessarily what suits us

@thread
Lets keep the specs to a first version limited: Can we have workbench on a LCD over USB. Then if that's feasible and implemented, let's only then see if there is any room for improvement/enhancement.

[arnljot]

@bloodline
I guess Platon42 needs a P96 driver if he wants to test this, and has thought of this when he mentioned the product which he'd looked at. Although, I think he can write such a driver, Chris himself is the one most qualified to answer that question. So you should direct your question to him, and not the thread

@wawrzon
The link is dead. Can you accept paypal from us who have pledged support?

@Platon42
I guess/hope too that the Z3 DMA speed should be sufficient, as the driver would use the draw functions in the USB card and only copy rasters as needed from the system memory. But alexh's friends should confirm how these cards work. The full screen raster of what's projected to the user is composed and built by a graphics card, and hopefully this is how those USB thingy-madingies work... :-P

[arnljot]

@thread
Slow down a bit:)
 
Chris aka plato42 has not yet accepted to do this, also he has just indicated one device, not said 'this one'.
 
@alex
Could your friends indicate how they operate, and how much work is on the device, and how much in software. Also, could some linux sweet talk work, or that it's amiga so no threat?
 
Could they at least indicate witch chips are used so manuals could be sourced?

[arnljot]

Darrin wrote:

wawrzon wrote:
the video adapter has just arrived. im going to forward it to chris as soon as its possible.

PM me when you're ready for my share of the funds.

me too