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- From: dross@cambizola.cs.wisc.edu (Dan Ross)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Using Color on a Classic II
- Message-ID: <dross.724359036@cs.wisc.edu>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 18:50:36 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cs.dross.724359036
- References: <golden.724262798@ponder> <NAKAMURA.92Dec14193758@samosn2b.samos.semicon.sony.co.jp>
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- In <NAKAMURA.92Dec14193758@samosn2b.samos.semicon.sony.co.jp> nakamura@samos.semicon.sony.co.jp (Tadashi Nakamura) writes:
-
- >In article <golden.724262798@ponder> golden@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Timothy A. Goldenburg) writes:
- > |
- > |Could someone please e-mail me some information on what hardware I need
- > |to hook up a color monitor to my Classic II. Thanx.
- > |
-
- >I am looking at the December, 1993 issue of MacPower, a Japanese magazine
- >on Macs. I don't have a Classic II.
-
- >I see an ad for an internal 8bit colour video card for Macintosh ClassicII.
- >From the picture, it piggybacks the motherboard. The company claims to be
- >the first in the world to come out with such a board.
- > [ Info on Japanese company with -- truly -- first color video card for CII ]
-
- The only solutions readily available in the US are the Radius PowerView
- (about US$500) which is an external box connected to the SCSI port. Add
- whatever it costs for a color monitor (another $500?). Then you have
- 8-bit color. The Aura ScuzzyView and the ???? PowerBase II will also
- be such solutions, available "soon".
-
- It is SLOW color--see the article in December's MacUser. Not acceptable
- for QuickTime.
-
- This Japanese company, Interware, could make a killing if their board
- works OK. It may be a problem if it overloads the power supply,
- however. (Japan uses 220V, right? So the power supply could have a
- higher rating since it's not the US power supply.) US Classic II's
- can support the math coprocessor, the RAM, and not much else according
- to Apple.
-
- Also--a Classic II is the same as a Performa 200. No rumor there.
- (Subtle difference I noticed--the case is perforated on a 200 where
- the speaker is whereas it is not on a Classic II. Also, the system
- software with a 200 is different.)
-
- Dan
-