[comp.sys.mac.hardware] 4/8 display card upgrade to 8/24

burrows@milton.u.washington.edu (William Burrows) (10/13/90)

Can anyone tell me how to upgrade the Apple 4/8 display card to
an 8/24?  Is it just installing more VRAM?  If so, are there
sources of the appropriate VRAM other than (cheaper than) Apple?

Thanks.

Bill Burrows    burrows@milton.u.washington.edu

carsup@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Fisher Library support) (10/17/90)

In article <9116@milton.u.washington.edu> burrows@milton.u.washington.edu (William Burrows) writes:
>Can anyone tell me how to upgrade the Apple 4/8 display card to
>an 8/24?  Is it just installing more VRAM?  If so, are there
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			YES!!
  
>sources of the appropriate VRAM other than (cheaper than) Apple?
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		Don't you wish?!  How about the new SIMM configuration they're
bringing out?  512K and 2 megs.  Comments anyone?

>Thanks.
>Bill Burrows    burrows@milton.u.washington.edu

Anytime. :)

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matt@io.UUCP (Matthew Martel) (10/18/90)

In article <9116@milton.u.washington.edu> burrows@milton.u.washington.edu (William Burrows) writes:
>Can anyone tell me how to upgrade the Apple 4/8 display card to
>an 8/24?  Is it just installing more VRAM?  If so, are there
>sources of the appropriate VRAM other than (cheaper than) Apple?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Bill Burrows    burrows@milton.u.washington.edu

We just upgraded one of ours. It's a simple VRAM installation, as you
guessed. We got our memory (Apple) via Businessland which was
significantly faster and almost as cheap as the developers discount
direct from Apple.

	-matt
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        -matt (Jun 30 1989)

sands@apple.com (Michael Sands) (10/25/90)

You can upgrade a Macintosh Display Card 4*8 to an 8*24 just by adding 
additional VRAM to the card.  Apple supplies an upgrade kit as do several 
other independent third party VRAM suppliers.

Michael Sands
system extension group
(408) 974-6108
novice driver, just my thoughts