Found this link only today, was impressed
github.com
May be @joevt will find some of it useful or at least interesting.
GitHub - buhman/r500: 3D graphics on Radeon R500: no game engine, no OpenGL, no Direct3D, no Vulkan, just direct hardware/register accesses
3D graphics on Radeon R500: no game engine, no OpenGL, no Direct3D, no Vulkan, just direct hardware/register accesses - buhman/r500
May be @joevt will find some of it useful or at least interesting.