1. What is the Raptor 2100T graphics card used for?

The Raptor 2100T is a 2K × 2K graphics card designed specifically to drive the analog 2K displays used in Air Traffic Control and Military environments. It is the next generation of the Raptor 2K graphics cards. It features a new in-house developed drawing engine called TROZ, the latest Tech Source MOX technology (MOX 32) and 64MB of Frame Buffer Memory. The card ships with device drivers for the Operating Environment of your choice.

2. What hardware platforms are supported by the Raptor 2100T?

The Raptor 2100T is currently supported on Sun Ultra Workstations and Enterprise Servers; Intel and AMD based PCs running Linux and Windows; Compaq (Alpha) workstations; HP B, C, J class machines; IBM RS/6000 and Intelistation machines. Tech Source is continuously adding additional platforms and operating system support. if you have a specific requirement.

3. What Operating Systems are supported by the Raptor 2100T?

The Raptor 2100T is currently supported on Solaris (Sparc) 7, 8, 9 and 10; RedHat Linux (x86) 7.3, 8.0, 9.0 and Enterprise Linux; SuSE Linux (x86) 7.2 and 7.3; Tru64 (Compaq/Alpha) 4.0f, 5.0a, 5.1a and 5.1b. Tech Source is continuously adding additional platforms and operating system support. if you have a specific requirement.

4. Can the Raptor 2100 FPS be used as the console device in a Sun machine?

Yes, the Raptor 2500T-DL card may be used as the system console in a Sun machine. Please refer to the description in the Raptor OpenWindows Installation and Reference Manual for further details.

5. Will the Raptor 2100T graphics card work when other graphic cards are installed in my machine?

Yes, the Raptor 2100T card takes up only one PCI slot in your system. All other available slots may be used for other PCI cards including graphics cards and their operation will not be constrained in any way by the presence of the Raptor 2100T card.

6. Does the Raptor 2100T graphics card offer backward compatibility to the previous generation of Raptor cards such as the Raptor 2000?

Yes, the Raptor 2100T graphics card will support all applications that ran on the Raptor 2000 including MOX enabled applications.

7. What advantages does the Raptor 2100T offer over the Raptor 2000?

The Raptor 2100T graphics card has nearly twice the performance of the Raptor 2000, has 64MB of Frame Buffer memory compared to 24MB on the Raptor 2000, and the new MOX 32 ASICs offer 32 independent layers compared to the 24 layers offered by the Raptor 2000.

8.Is the Raptor 2100T capable of driving the Sony DDM and Barco 2K displays through its analog output?

Yes, The Raptor 2100T is designed specifically to drive 2K displays that offer an analog video input. The Raptor 2100T will drive both the Sony DDM and the Barco ISIS.