if you happen to live in wyoming or colorado, and don't want it let me know, i could use the parts off it, better than the landfill at least but not enough for me to want to pay much shipping, and i doubt it could ship for $1. i am a pack rat, and hate to see things go into the trash.
George Parada wrote: > > Thank you for detailed info. > > I guess the card is pretty useless to me :-( > > George > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "1st PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 6:34 PM > Subject: Re: lasermax mx controller nubus card > > > >I just picked up lasermax mx controller nubus card for > 49c. > > >Any ideas what it does ? > > >I assume it is for printers. > > > > Remember Tall Trees Systems? > > > > Tall Trees made a card which was, essentially, a > memory-mapped card and > > allowed Ventura Publisher to write its page information > into the "frame > > buffer" provided by the Tall Trees card. > > > > The Tall Trees card interfaced with a video-only version > of the then > > ubiquitous Canon CX marking engine (LaserJet, LaserJet > Plus, LaserWriter, > > LaserWriter Plus, et. al.). > > > > If your printer wasn't a video-only Canon CX, then Tall > Trees even > > provided an adapter which made any non-video CX model into > a combined > > non-video/video model. > > > > Instructions were provided for converting a LaserJet, but > not a > > LaserWriter. The difference amounted to a custom-made, > longer video > > cable. My LaserWriter Plus still has such a card and > cable. > > > > Now, this was in support of Ventura Publisher, in its > earlier DOS > > incarnation. > > > > Windows changed that a little. > > > > The Tall Trees product was still supported in Windows 2, > but it > > disappeared in Windows 3. I believe Micro$oft wrote the > Tall Trees driver. > > > > Where are we going? > > > > Well, the LaserMax was a PC/Macintosh version of the Tall > Trees product > > concept, except that it was a little better (and longer) > supported. > > > > The Tall Trees product was ISA Bus only. > > > > The LaserMax product included both ISA Bus and NuBus > cards, and drivers > > to support these. > > > > This product, as with the Tall Trees product, worked only > with a > > video-mode printer, and only with its proprietary driver, > and then only > > on those OSes which support that driver. > > > > Which was DOS and Windows 2 for Tall Trees, and perhaps > very early > > Windows 3 (ISA Bus) and MacOS 6 (NuBus) for LaserMax. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > -- > 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
