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- From: pierce@radius.com (Pierce T. Wetter III)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Radius Pivot/Pivot LE
- Message-ID: <1657@radius.com>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 16:01:38 GMT
- References: <14374@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Sender: news@radius.com
- Organization: Skylab Team
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- In article <14374@mindlink.bc.ca> Scott Macrae,
- Scott_Macrae@mindlink.bc.ca writes:
- >Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the Radius Color Pivot
- and
- >the Color Pivot LE?
-
- The Color Pivot works with onboard video, so you don't need a video
- card.
- The Color Pivot also has two operating modes: WYSIWYG (72 dpi) and
- standard
- Apple Full Page mode (82 dpi).
-
- Summary:
- Color Pivot: 640x870, 564x760 (standard and WYSIWYG) (no video
- card on
- IIci, Quadra, IIsi)
- Color Pivot LE: 832x624 (slightly less resolution) requires video
- card all macs.
-
-
- For your case (SE/30) you need a video card. Your decision is whether
- or not you want
- WYSIWYG mode.
-
- The Color Pivot is a little higher quality monitor (tougher specs).
-
-
- (Oh and lest I forget, the Pivot LE is cheaper).
-
-
- > Is either model upgradeable to 24-bit at a later date?
-
- 24 bit pivoting is only available on the Quadras with onboard video.
- Which of course
- means that you can only get 24 bit pivoting with the regular pivot on a
- Quadra.
-
- Otherwise, you can buy our Precision Color 24xp card ($599) you just
- won't be able to
- Pivot. Except you have an SE/30 and the Color pivot card is the only
- color card we
- make for the SE/30. So you can't get 24 bit.
-
- If you're not Pivoting, the regular pivot is a Full Page display in
- normal operation
- while the LE Pivot is a standard wider-then-it-is-tall display.
-
-
- > Are the cards the same for each model; if not, what are the difference
- in
- >features and hardware?
-
- Cards are the same.
-
- > Where are the best prices likely to be found?
-
- Mail order.
-
- >What sort of speed degradation would occur on an SE-30? Is there any
- kind of
- >onboard acceleration?
-
- None. The card does the pivoting in hardware. The onboard video
- operation
- uses memory & cpu time on your motherboard.
-
- > Finally, any pertinent observations -- pro or con -- from pivot users
- would be
- >appreciated.
-
- Full page displays are really nice to have. Its very nice having the
- monitor
- be the size of the page.
-
- My personal opinion is that a Pivot gives you 75% of the functionality
- of a
- 2 page displays at 1/4 the price.
-
- Pierce
-