edmoy@opal.berkeley.edu (10/25/87)
I just saw an announcement of a 24 bit color board for the Mac II in the October 15, 1987 issue of Electronics magazine (page 153). It says it has 2.5 Mbits (probably meant 2.5 Mbytes), 24 bits per pixel and 1024 by 768 pixel resolution. It occupies a single slot in the backplane and is supposed to be compatible with "software written for Apple's 8-bit system". The Colorboard 1/104 is made by a RasterOps Corp. and goes for $2795. Can this work right on a Mac II? Can one get full 24-bit color capability in all applications? Doesn't the slot manager have problems with > 1 Mb on a board (maybe RasterOps Corp. has a patch)? I'll get what information I can from the RasterOps and post the info. If this is really true, I want one. Edward Moy Academic Computing Services University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@opal.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!opal!edmoy