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mark_k · 25 April 2024, 20:46

I'm not sure of the specifics, but I think Amix shipped with a monochrome-only X server for A2410. I don't know whether the X11R5 server on the Amix 2.1 tape (not installed/used by default AFAIK) is capable of colour.

There are Amix HDFs which have X11R5 and third-party Cirrus Logic card support, there the X desktop is in colour (with Piccolo/Picasso configured in WinUAE). E.g. see this other post by vintageBytes (use web.archive.org to download that).

Edit: It is possible to use A2410 in colour. Do e.g. "xinit -- -tiga". Not very colourful but not black & white. [The monochrome-only X server is probably just for native chipset modes.]

25 April 2024, 20:46	#10
mark_k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Posts: 3,349	I'm not sure of the specifics, but I think Amix shipped with a monochrome-only X server for A2410. I don't know whether the X11R5 server on the Amix 2.1 tape (not installed/used by default AFAIK) is capable of colour. There are Amix HDFs which have X11R5 and third-party Cirrus Logic card support, there the X desktop is in colour (with Piccolo/Picasso configured in WinUAE). E.g. see this other post by vintageBytes (use web.archive.org to download that). Edit: It is possible to use A2410 in colour. Do e.g. "xinit -- -tiga". Not very colourful but not black & white. [The monochrome-only X server is probably just for native chipset modes.] Last edited by mark_k; 25 April 2024 at 21:07.