>This card is for sale on lem-swap. I wondered if anyone had any experience >with one of these? Or if not, any suggestions where some info might be >available?
The Colorboard 264 was the first "affordable" 24-bit video board available for NuBus Macs. It supports only 640 x 480. Intended only for the Apple "high resolution" RGB monitor. Everything you need is built into the card. Upon power-on reset, it comes up with the RasterOps "splash", and then goes from there as if it was a standard 8-bit card, which it can emulate. You can change the resolution to 24-bits, using the Monitor control panel. There was a version of the Colorboard 264, called the 264/SE, which added 24-bit video to the SE/30. IIRC, there is a required ROM upgrade to run these cards on PPC Macs. I believe I got a quotation from RasterOps for one of these upgrades. But, with the price of an already PPC-compatible SuperMac 24-bit card, which supported more than just 640 x 480, and at least 1152 x 870 falling to about $15, there was no reason to pay RasterOps $29.95 plus tax and shipping for such an upgrade. Hitachi bought RasterOps, and then dumped its card line, but expanded its monitor line, only to dump its monitor line. -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:1st-powermacs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
