ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) (11/20/89)
Does Apple make color video card for the SE/30 for use with the Apple RGB monitor? If so, how much does it cost?? -Len
Fabian@cup.portal.com (Fabian Fabe Ramirez) (11/21/89)
Len,
>Does Apple make color video card for the SE/30 for use with the Apple
>RGB monitor? If so, how much does it cost??
No...however, here's a list of third party developers that do:
SuperMac......................ColorCard SE/30..............$ 899
SuperMac......................Spectrum/8 (Series II).......$1895
Micron Technology.............Xceed SE/306-48..............$ 595
Generation X Technologies.....Vision '030A.................$ 995
RasterOps.....................ColorBoard 264...............$1295
RasterOps.....................ColorBoard 108+/SE30.........$1895
Fabian Ramirez
SuperMac Technology
fabian@cup.portal.com
sun!cup.portal.com!fabiangjh@tybalt.caltech.edu (Greg J. Hiscott) (11/22/89)
Len, >Does Apple make color video card for the SE/30 for use with the Apple >RGB monitor? If so, how much does it cost?? No...however, here's a list of third party developers that do: SuperMac......................ColorCard SE/30..............$ 899 SuperMac......................Spectrum/8 (Series II).......$1895 Micron Technology.............Xceed SE/306-48..............$ 595 Generation X Technologies.....Vision '030A.................$ 995 RasterOps.....................ColorBoard 264...............$1295 RasterOps.....................ColorBoard 108+/SE30.........$1895 Fabian Ramirez SuperMac Technology fabian@cup.portal.com sun!cup.portal.com!fabian Wouldn't this posting, and many others I have read today, belong in comp.sys.mac.hardware?? Why did you guys vote it in if you just ignore it? +-------+ Greg Hiscott gophers = gophers - 7; |+-----+| gjh@ligo.caltech.edu ||[===]|| Phone:(818)356-2974 |+-----+| Disclaimer: Caltech has nothing to do with this message. +-------+ FAX:(818)304-9834
mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) (11/22/89)
In article <24286@cup.portal.com> Fabian@cup.portal.com (Fabian Fabe Ramirez) writes:
[re: color cards for SE/30]
:No...however, here's a list of third party developers that do:
:
:SuperMac......................ColorCard SE/30..............$ 899
:SuperMac......................Spectrum/8 (Series II).......$1895
:
:Micron Technology.............Xceed SE/306-48..............$ 595
:
:Generation X Technologies.....Vision '030A.................$ 995
:
:RasterOps.....................ColorBoard 264...............$1295
:RasterOps.....................ColorBoard 108+/SE30.........$1895
:
:Fabian Ramirez
:SuperMac Technology
:
:fabian@cup.portal.com
:sun!cup.portal.com!fabian
Okay, so anybody want to comment on why these boards are so expensive (except
the Micron). Are these all 8-bit, or are some of them 4 or 24?
Thanks,
--Mike
A prospective SE/30 owner...wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) (11/22/89)
In article <1065@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes: >In article <24286@cup.portal.com> Fabian@cup.portal.com (Fabian Fabe Ramirez) writes: > >[re: color cards for SE/30] >:RasterOps.....................ColorBoard 264...............$1295 >Okay, so anybody want to comment on why these boards are so expensive (except >the Micron). Are these all 8-bit, or are some of them 4 or 24? The RasterOps board, at least, is 24 bit. I am not sure of many of the others, although the Spectrum/8 is 8 bit and I suspect most others might be too. The reason they are expensive is that when you make a NuBus card, which is what most are based on, you are aiming your card at the II, IIx, IIcx, and IIci markets, which together are a much bigger market than the SE/30 market and requires major re-engineering effort. -- Mark Wilkins wilkins@jarthur.claremont.edu
paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell) (11/23/89)
In article <1065@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes: >:SuperMac......................ColorCard SE/30..............$ 899 >:SuperMac......................Spectrum/8 (Series II).......$1895 >:Micron Technology.............Xceed SE/306-48..............$ 595 >:Generation X Technologies.....Vision '030A.................$ 995 >:RasterOps.....................ColorBoard 264...............$1295 >:RasterOps.....................ColorBoard 108+/SE30.........$1895 >:Fabian Ramirez >:SuperMac Technology > >Okay, so anybody want to comment on why these boards are so expensive (except >the Micron). Are these all 8-bit, or are some of them 4 or 24? Micron make their own chips (they are primarily a chip manufacturer and I guess annoyed that almost no-one in the Mac community uses their VRAMs :-). Some of the boards above (in the $900 range and, I think, the RasterOps 264, I'm not sure about the Generation X board) only support the 640x480 Apple color monitor [and maybe NTSC]. The more expensive ones ($1900 range) support larger color monitors (around 1024x768). The primary reason for price differences have to do with the number of (expensive) VRAMs they need. Paul Campbell (PS: I work for SuperMac too so bear my biases [if any] in mind) color monitor -- Paul Campbell UUCP: ..!mtxinu!taniwha!paul AppleLink: CAMPBELL.P "We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man, Got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand ..." - Neil Young 'Freedom'
c164-am@macduff.uucp (Mick Foley) (11/23/89)
Does anyone have the Micron color board for the SE/30? Is it any good? Is there a hidden catch? Thanks in advance, Mick Foley