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Kitchen2010 · 16 July 2015, 10:45

Manual ("UNIX System V Release 4 Amiga Version 2.1 Addendum" available from EAB-Fileserver in Upload directory of KillaByte) mentions full support for the A2410 TIGA graphics board implemented in AMIX v2.1 (p. 7). At page 10, it also mentions support for some additional TIGA graphics boards (A2410 clones ?), namely:
• "Resolver TIGA graphics adapter" by "Digital Micronics, Inc."
• "1600GX graphics adapter" by "Ameristar Technologies, Inc." (available separately available)

More Information on the DMI Resolver TIGA card:
It is a A2410 clone (Zorro II card) on steroids boasting 4+1 MB VRAM and 8 MB DRAM for the 60 Mhz TI TMS34010 Processor. It supports resolutions of 1280x1024 (non-interlaced) and 2048x2048 (interlace) with 8 bit colours out of a 24 bit colour palette. Press information hints that resolution is programmable. It may be supported by the A2410 driver (with its limitations).
There was also a driver for AMIX and for Amiga OS for the propriatary SAGE (Standard Amiga Graphics Environment) RTG system supported by ASDG's "Art Department Professional", DMI's "DMI Paint", and Black Belt's "Image Master".
More software is said to be ported to SAGE, including AdSpec "Draw 4D Professional", Ditek "DynaCADD", Gold Disk "Professional Page 3.0", Impulse "Imagine", Octree "Calagari", Oxxi/Aegis "AniMagic", "Video Titler" and "Presentation Master", Progressive Peripherals "Disk-Master" and "3D Professional".

• Amiga Hardware Database
• Big Book of Amiga Hardware
• Information about Resolver Workbench
• original press information from 1992
• Review of Memphis Amiga Group in July 1991 (scroll down)

DMI made in 1992 a successor board named Vivid 24 with full 32 bit colour display (24 bit colour and 8 bit alpha channel), it got a TI TMS34020 GPU and up to 4 optional TI TMS 34082 coprocessors supporting the SAGE RTG system.

• Amiga Hardware Database

More Information on the Ameristar Technologies 1600GX TIGA card:
It is a Zorro III graphics card with programmable resolutions, ranging from 640x480 to 1600x1280, with 8 bit colours out of a 24 bit colour palette. Unlike the A2410, it has a Weitek 91460 as its GPU. It was intended for use in a Amiga 3000(UX). It had a driver for AMIX only.

• Amiga Hardware Database
• Big Book of Amiga Hardware
• Weitek 91460 Graphics Processor

16 July 2015, 10:45	#283
Kitchen2010 Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Zurich, Switzerland Posts: 25	Manual ("UNIX System V Release 4 Amiga Version 2.1 Addendum" available from EAB-Fileserver in Upload directory of KillaByte) mentions full support for the A2410 TIGA graphics board implemented in AMIX v2.1 (p. 7). At page 10, it also mentions support for some additional TIGA graphics boards (A2410 clones ?), namely: • "Resolver TIGA graphics adapter" by "Digital Micronics, Inc." • "1600GX graphics adapter" by "Ameristar Technologies, Inc." (available separately available) More Information on the DMI Resolver TIGA card: It is a A2410 clone (Zorro II card) on steroids boasting 4+1 MB VRAM and 8 MB DRAM for the 60 Mhz TI TMS34010 Processor. It supports resolutions of 1280x1024 (non-interlaced) and 2048x2048 (interlace) with 8 bit colours out of a 24 bit colour palette. Press information hints that resolution is programmable. It may be supported by the A2410 driver (with its limitations). There was also a driver for AMIX and for Amiga OS for the propriatary SAGE (Standard Amiga Graphics Environment) RTG system supported by ASDG's "Art Department Professional", DMI's "DMI Paint", and Black Belt's "Image Master". More software is said to be ported to SAGE, including AdSpec "Draw 4D Professional", Ditek "DynaCADD", Gold Disk "Professional Page 3.0", Impulse "Imagine", Octree "Calagari", Oxxi/Aegis "AniMagic", "Video Titler" and "Presentation Master", Progressive Peripherals "Disk-Master" and "3D Professional". • Amiga Hardware Database • Big Book of Amiga Hardware • Information about Resolver Workbench • original press information from 1992 • Review of Memphis Amiga Group in July 1991 (scroll down) DMI made in 1992 a successor board named Vivid 24 with full 32 bit colour display (24 bit colour and 8 bit alpha channel), it got a TI TMS34020 GPU and up to 4 optional TI TMS 34082 coprocessors supporting the SAGE RTG system. • Amiga Hardware Database More Information on the Ameristar Technologies 1600GX TIGA card: It is a Zorro III graphics card with programmable resolutions, ranging from 640x480 to 1600x1280, with 8 bit colours out of a 24 bit colour palette. Unlike the A2410, it has a Weitek 91460 as its GPU. It was intended for use in a Amiga 3000(UX). It had a driver for AMIX only. • Amiga Hardware Database • Big Book of Amiga Hardware • Weitek 91460 Graphics Processor Last edited by Kitchen2010; 16 July 2015 at 13:28. Reason: links added