on 4/1/04 10:40 AM, Hal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I'm the (very happy) new owner of 3 Mac Plus computers that I > rescued from certain doom. They are surplus from a university in Idaho, > and I got them for a $25 including shipping costs. Apart from being > very dirty, they're all in very good condition, with minimal yellowing. > They're all cleaned up now and all boot up fine. All 3 are upgraded > Mac 128/512 models (no Mac Plus marking on the front). > > Two of them have a strange VGA-style port sticking out of the security > slot. When I cracked open one of these, I saw that this port is > connected by a cable to a daughtercard on the motherboard. I was unable > to pull the motherboard without disconnecting some wires to this port, > but I was able to see that the card had a copyright notice from Lapis > Technologies on it. > > Any idea what this card might be? A video out perhaps? > > Any info is appreciated. > > -Hal >
Yup. Very nice. A Lapis Color Card. Lets you hook a CGA monitor to your Mac. Your CGA stuff should be in color. A CGA monitor is a pre-VGA nine-pin monitor like you found on the Commodore Amigas, the Tandy Color Computers, etc. Jeff G. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.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]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
