TI Flippy--Ever seen one?

[Chuck(G)]

Wikipedia makes the following mention under "computer graphics":

In 1987 TI provided the first demonstration of true real-time 3D games with stereo sound effects on a personal computer (PC), using a small TMS34010 adapter card (called "The Flippy"). The Flippy was designed as the basis of a game development system for consoles and as a PC gaming card in its own right.

Has anyone ever seen a "Flippy" or worked with one?

 

[Trixter]

Footage of one, with some background info in the description:

 

[1ST1]

And where is the 3D in that video?

TMS34010 is "just" a TIGA graphics adapter, like this one:


EIZO MD-B12 TIGA TMS34010

TIGA cards were ways too expensive for gaming. Soon I will be able to make a comparison between that TIGA card (it's mine) and a 1MB VGA card, I am interested how fast it is in the same system (Olivetti M380XP9, 80386-33) under Windows 3.11. I just finished installing Win 3.11 and next is to install the Trident VGA card drivers, find some graphics benchmark, run it, install the TIGA drivers, bench it.

 

[Timo W.]

And where is the 3D in that video?

No one asked for 3D, that was just mentioned in the quote. The card was probably just "fast enough" to allow 3D scenes to be drawn by the CPU. There are no 3D features in the card itself, which should be obvious.