Retina Z2, Amiga 3000, OS 3.9 - Page 2

gulliver · 25 March 2020, 14:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by utri007

Picture I posted was a Retina Zorro II using with CyberGraphix RTG driver.

Could you share that particular driver?
I knew there was one, but it was in beta state. I never could put my jands on it.

Amiga87 · 26 March 2020, 10:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by utri007

Picture I posted was a Retina Zorro II using with CyberGraphix RTG driver.

Yes, as already requested, please share the driver. It would be much appreciated.

utri007 · 26 March 2020, 11:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amiga87

Yes, as already requested, please share the driver. It would be much appreciated.

Picture is from Amiga.org. I think that it is possible to use Retina Zorro III driver with this. I have no personal experience for this.

gulliver · 26 March 2020, 14:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by utri007

Picture is from Amiga.org. I think that it is possible to use Retina Zorro III driver with this. I have no personal experience for this.

Ah, what a pitty!
But no, the Retina ZIII uses a different driver, and they are not compatible, the chipset and entire gfx card are totally different, they just share the name.

ngtwolf · 27 March 2020, 07:09

Yup, exactly. The Z3 is a much better card and totally different and incompatible with the Z2. From the documentation my dad had, there was mention of a beta driver (the email conversation was in 97) but as far as i can tell, he never had it. He's 80 now so he doesn't remember any of this and the hard drive in his system had siezed up so i couldn't even tell if he had that driver. Couldn't find it on the internet either. I'm not even clear how good this mysterious driver is, even if we found it... I pretty much lost interest.

utri007 · 27 March 2020, 08:27

I tried to found this thread again from AMiga.org and found this :

http://www.planetmulti.de/v2/index.html

EGS driver for a Retina. EGS is RTG system like Picasso96 and Cybergraphics. I t migh be worth of trying.

SimonV · 03 April 2020, 09:39

I am playing ( cursing at rather ) with an A2000 with a retina z2. I think mine is broken, as soon as start any Retina related program like RetinaEMU my screen locks up and I never have an output on the monitor connected to the Retina. I tried to install the EGS driver but It gives me some error while booting about Retina that probably nobody understand because it might as wel be in Chinese.

Unfortunately the topic on a1k.org that is supposed to explain how it works seems to be gone.

Amiga87 · 03 April 2020, 11:09

Think I've mentioned on another thread but I've never got the z2 to work in an a2000 with any gvp 030 accelerator but it did work for me with an a2630.

Mark sealey · 25 April 2020, 09:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by utri007

Picture I posted was a Retina Zorro II using with CyberGraphix RTG driver.

Thought there was no CyberGraphix RTG driver for the retina zII ?

Mark sealey · 26 April 2020, 11:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark sealey

Thought there was no CyberGraphix RTG driver for the retina zII ?

Also there is some interesting info in the Shape Shifter folder containing the Retina video driver.....and a program that you can use to change the memory of the retina that is "segmented"....and it claims it's possible to write a cybergraphics driver.

jaesonk · 02 April 2021, 06:18

Frank Mariak had a Retina driver for CyberGraphX. Maybe the beta version some have already referenced. I think Frank is part of the MorphOS team now. Maybe he'd release the driver for those interested in using Retina boards. Or source code for anyone interested in working on it further, or even adapting it for P96.

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27 March 2020, 07:09	#25
ngtwolf Registered User Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Los Angeles, CA Age: 51 Posts: 10	Yup, exactly. The Z3 is a much better card and totally different and incompatible with the Z2. From the documentation my dad had, there was mention of a beta driver (the email conversation was in 97) but as far as i can tell, he never had it. He's 80 now so he doesn't remember any of this and the hard drive in his system had siezed up so i couldn't even tell if he had that driver. Couldn't find it on the internet either. I'm not even clear how good this mysterious driver is, even if we found it... I pretty much lost interest.

27 March 2020, 08:27	#26
utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 1,653	I tried to found this thread again from AMiga.org and found this : http://www.planetmulti.de/v2/index.html EGS driver for a Retina. EGS is RTG system like Picasso96 and Cybergraphics. I t migh be worth of trying.

03 April 2020, 09:39	#27
SimonV Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Antwerp Posts: 262	I am playing ( cursing at rather ) with an A2000 with a retina z2. I think mine is broken, as soon as start any Retina related program like RetinaEMU my screen locks up and I never have an output on the monitor connected to the Retina. I tried to install the EGS driver but It gives me some error while booting about Retina that probably nobody understand because it might as wel be in Chinese. Unfortunately the topic on a1k.org that is supposed to explain how it works seems to be gone.

03 April 2020, 11:09	#28
Amiga87 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Sydney/Australia Posts: 28	Think I've mentioned on another thread but I've never got the z2 to work in an a2000 with any gvp 030 accelerator but it did work for me with an a2630.

02 April 2021, 06:18	#31
jaesonk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Pennsylvania / USA Posts: 247	Frank Mariak had a Retina driver for CyberGraphX. Maybe the beta version some have already referenced. I think Frank is part of the MorphOS team now. Maybe he'd release the driver for those interested in using Retina boards. Or source code for anyone interested in working on it further, or even adapting it for P96.

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