[rescue] Graphics on a E450

[Dave McGuire]

On 11/2/25 11:42, Alan Perry via rescue wrote:
> I received a decommissioned E450 from work. I don't see a frame buffer 
> in it, so I guess it ran headless. The E450 falls into a gap in my 
> experience with Sun (I left the first time in '97 and came back in '03). 
> What graphics is supported and how does it compare to SS20 graphics? The 
> System Handbook lists PGX, PGX32, PGX64, and Expert3D but I hadn't heard 
> of any of those before I looked at that list.

   It can definitely be done, but I'd have to wonder why one would want 
that on a machine that is very clearly a server.  I've worked with a lot 
of E450s at a lot of sites, but I don't think I've ever seen one with a 
framebuffer, so clearly I'm not the only person with that opinion.

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA