Jeff Walther wrote: >Define what you mean by video chip. [snip] >
The chip responsuble for the grey screen that appears after the startup chime in the startup process. Someone else mentioned an ATI chip which I could not locate. Charlie >There were a lot of chips in Apple's on-board video. I'm sure the >7500 and 8500 motherboards cost Apple more to make than the 9500 >board did. All the 9500 needed was one more Bandit, a PCI Arbiter >(little 28 pin PLCC, probably a PLD) and three more $2 (retail) >sockets. The on-board video required a bunch of extra chips, VRAM, >VRAM sockets, yada, yada, yada. So unless the Bandit chip was way >more expensive than all those custom video chips, the 7500/8500 had >to cost more to make. > >Jeff Walther > -- PCI-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> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-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]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
