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- From: mssmith@afterlife.ncsc.mil (M. Scott Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: 8-24GC strikes again...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.223719.5809@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 22:37:19 GMT
- References: <BtCB9A.2BK@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>
- Organization: The Great Beyond
- Lines: 39
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- I have an 8-24GC video card on my Mac IIfx (13" monitor), and while I
- probably can't help you with your problem, maybe someone can provide an
- explanation for my problem..
- I bought it a year ago when I bought my system; at that time the Mac
- magazines rated it as being the fastest. It was by Apple, so I assumed I
- couldn't go wrong.
- When I received my system, the salesman grimly informed me that the
- video card wasn't compatible with System 7 (yet), so it would only work in
- unaccelerated mode. Great. Whatever. He said a fix would be coming soon.
- Several months later, I was called to bring in my video card; apparently
- the hardware on the card needed to be upgraded to be System 7 compatible. I
- got the new card, and plugged it in my machine. Didn't work. Called the
- dealer.
- He called Apple. Apple told him that the card had been updated, but the
- s/w still wasn't completed.
- Finally when the software became available (December?), I installed it, and
- I would hesitate greatly in saying that it works.
- I have the latest release (v 7.01 from May), but this doesn't work much
- better.
- The problem is this: whenever I turn on acceleration, my IIfx system
- inevitably crashes within 10 minutes. The solution: I have only had acceleration
- on for about 20 minutes in the past year. I paid over a thousand dollars
- extra for this acceleration.
- Is it an INIT conflict? Not so far as I can see.. I've done extensive
- testing, and the only incompatibility I find between the 8-24GC software and
- my system is with System 7 itself.
- (I should note I do use 68030 Cache control.)
-
- I'm sure this subject has come up before, but I just started accessing
- news, so I've missed any discussions about the 8-24GC. If anyone could bring
- me up-to-date on what has been concluded here about it, I'd be grateful.
-
- Thanks,
-
- M. Scott Smith
- --|mssmith@afterlife.ncsc.mil
-
- P.S. If you reply via mail, I can summarize the responses and post them later.
-