[GLLUG] GeForce 256

[Alistair Mann]

Thanks for stopping to think of it, also thanks for the TCR memory trip. 
Back in the day I took Linux laptops to New York, and finding Xircom 
pcmcia cards - they had Linux support - was guaranteed with a trip from 
shop to shop along there.
-- 
Alistair Mann

On 06/06/2022 21:44, John Hearns wrote:
> Forget what I said. My card would be bought in 2004
> 
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2022, 21:40 John Hearns, <hearnsj at gmail.com 
> <mailto:hearnsj at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I might have one of the first CUDA compatible cards in a Sun AMD
>     workstation.
>     1999 sounds too far too early for CUDA.
>     I remember going to TCR to buy mine.
> 
>     On Sat, 4 Jun 2022, 20:12 Alistair Mann via GLLUG,
>     <gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:
> 
>         Nvidia marketed this 1999 card as having "the world's first
>         GPU". Does
>         anyone here happen to have one kept aside, working or not? Of
>         course, I
>         threw mine out during lockdown.
> 
>         A London friend of mine is hoping to borrow one to show off in a
>         documentary video. I'd be happy to cover postage there and back,
>         and add
>         some beer money on top.
> 
>         Cheers!
>         -- 
>         Alistair Mann
> 
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