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- From: esack@hawk.helios.nd.edu (Eric Sack)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: What does Quadra 256K VRAM do?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.024152.26595@news.nd.edu>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 02:41:52 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug29.184633.15817@genome.wi.edu> lstein@genome.wi.edu (Lincoln Stein) writes:
- >Yes, "Quadra 256K VRAM" is what you need. 512K VRAM will *NOT* work.
- >A little-known fact is that the Quadra 256K VRAM is the same as the
- >256K VRAM that comes standard with the LC. Many people upgrade their
- >LC's with 512K VRAM, so you may be able to find someone with unused
- >256K boards lying around.
-
- Be careful with this advice on picking up LC VRAM for a Quadra.
- This only works for the 700 and 900 but it will not work with
- the 950. The 950 requires faster VRAM than the 700/900. (I'm
- sorry, but I don't remember the speeds in either case. I think
- the LC had 100ns and the 950 requires 80ns, or was it 80ns and
- 70ns, respectively?)
-
- Eric
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