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36.Dd February 17, 2017
37.Dt GB 4 hp300
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm gb
41.Nd
42.Tn HP98700
43.Dq Gatorbox
44graphics device interface
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Cd "gbox* at intio?"
47.Cd "gbox* at dio? scode ?"
48.Cd "wsdisplay* at gbox?"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50This driver is for the
51.Tn HP98700
52and 98710 graphics devices, also known as
53the Gatorbox.
54The term
55.Dq Gator
56will often be used, and it is not to be confused with
57.Dq Gator
58used in reference to an
59.Tn HP
609837 or 200/237 machine.
61Also, the term Gatorbox is used for the 98700 alone, with the 98701 frame
62buffer memory or with the 98710 accelerator installed.
63This driver merely
64checks for the existence of the device and does minimal setup, as it is
65expected the applications will initialize the device to their requirements.
66.Pp
67The 98700 can be used as the only graphics device on a system, in which case
68it will be used as the system console.
69It can also be installed as a secondary display device.
70For the first case, the
71.Tn HP
72.Tn 98287A M.A.D.
73interface card
74should be set to internal control space.
75This will put the frame buffer at
76the DIO address 0x200000 and the control registers at 0x560000.
77At this address it will be the
78.Dq preferred
79console device (see
80.Xr hp300/cons 4 ) .
81For use as a secondary device,
82the 98287A should be set to frame buffer address 0x300000,
83and to an external select code.
84.Pp
85It should be noted that this configuration will conflict with the 98547
86display card which has a 2 megabyte frame buffer starting at address 0x200000.
87The 98700 should only be installed as a secondary device in a machine with a
881 bit 98544 display card or 4 bit 98545 card.
89The
90.%T 98700H Installation Guide
91contains further configuration information.
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.Xr wscons 4 ,
94.Xr wsdisplay 4
95