Hi, I am in Canada so postage would be atleast 5-7USD.
George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Stortz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "1st PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 11:51 PM Subject: Re: lasermax mx controller nubus card > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 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