21602MR@MSU.BITNET (Mark Rosenberg) (10/25/90)
At a recent computer faire on campus Apple's booth was sporting several 2 Page displays which were running 256 shades of gray. The monitor and card I have, which is several years old, will only support 16 shades of gray as far as I know. I didn't get a chance to peek inside and see what card was driving the monitor, but suspect it was the 8-24 card ? I also didn't see if Apple has changed the connector on the monitor cable. I want 256 shades of gray ! Does anbody know if I can just pop in a 8-24 card, will my *old* 2 page display cable fit an 8-24 card ? Can I add vram to my existing apple video board ? thanks, /Mark Rosenberg
midkiff@portia.Stanford.EDU (Neil Midkiff) (10/26/90)
In article <69121602MR@MSU> 21602MR@MSU.BITNET (Mark Rosenberg) writes: >At a recent computer faire on campus Apple's booth was sporting several 2 Page >displays which were running 256 shades of gray. The monitor and card I have, >which is several years old, will only support 16 shades of gray as far as I >know. I didn't get a chance to peek inside and see what card was driving >the monitor, but suspect it was the 8-24 card ? I also didn't see if Apple >has changed the connector on the monitor cable. I want 256 shades of gray ! >Does anyone know if I can just pop in a 8-24 card, will my *old* 2page display >cable fit an 8-24 card ? Can I add vram to my existing apple video board ? The 8-24 card will indeed drive the 2-page monitor with 256 grays. (At least my 8-24 GC does! :-) I don't know which connector your old cable has...when I bought my 2-page this summer, I got two cables, one of which fits the old 2-page 16-gray card (has a little coax plug on the COMPUTER end of the cable inside the D-connector shell), and one of which fits the 8-24GC, with a normal D-15 connector. I'm pretty sure that 4 bits/pixel (16 grays) is the limit for the older card. I agree- some applications really work best in 256 grays! And on the big Apple 2-page screen, it's truly beautiful. Good luck! -Neil
hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) (10/26/90)
In article <1990Oct26.090855.16692@portia.Stanford.EDU> midkiff@portia.Stanford.EDU (Neil Midkiff) writes: > The 8-24 card will indeed drive the 2-page monitor with 256 grays. Will the 8*24 or 8*24GC cards drive existing 3rd-party 19 or 20" color monitors? Any rumors about the future availability of a 19/20" color monitor from Apple? Did PCPC ever release their "pivotable" color monitor? Herb Poppe hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu NCAR (303) 497-1296 1850 Table Mesa Dr. Boulder, CO 80307-3000