moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) (11/30/89)
First, I'd like to thank Fabian Ramirez and some of the other posters on
comp.sys.mac for their rundown of color cards for the SE/30. It's narrowed
down the starting point for my SEx's color card search quite a bit. Now I'd
like to ask for recommendations for/against various models, given the
following parameters:
1) I'm planning on using this with an Apple 13" color monitor. If there are
any "clones" of the 13" monitor that work just like Apple's with any of
these 3rd-party cards, and are MUCH cheaper (I'll probably get the Apple
monitor at developer prices), I'd be interested to hear of them. I've
seen several recommendations against the Magnavox on a local BBS, but
I'm not at all sure that the poster was that well-informed. (I know I'm
not!)
2) 8-bit is OK. (It appears that 24-bit is still about $500 more, though
the RasterOps ColorBoard 264 for the SE/30 is getting down there -- does
that support only the Apple Monitors, or does it also support 19" color
monitors?)
3) The only other feature I REALLY want is to be able to use the SEx's
small screen along with the color monitor -- drag from the B&W SEx
screen to the color screen, in the same manner one is able to drag
things from SE screens to the various SE full-screen monitors. Is this
possible on any (or all) of these monitors?
Here are the models/prices, quoted from Fabian's original article:
>SuperMac......................ColorCard SE/30..............$ 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
My general understanding is that any of the prices above that are < $1000
are built for the Apple monitor only. (I'm not sure about the Generation X
card, though.) I understand from Paul Campbell that the Micron unit is
cheaper because they make their own chips. Does anyone used one? Seem
reliable?
Any comments gratefully accepted, TIA...
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