> I was rummaging through my pile of stuff today and found a PCI Radius > video card. From some googling it seems to be either a Thunder Mac PCI > or a Thunder 3D. > > The card is a two board arrangement with the main board with loads (24) > memory chips and a daughterboard with a big pile of DSP's on it. Part > number seems to be 0011752-0004. It's a big sucker about 12" long and > has a standard Mac 15 pin video connector. > > Anybody got a definitive answer? Bueller, Bueller? ;) > > -- > Mike N
I ocasionally see them on eBay. Often they go unbid on, even with a starting bid of $5 or so. These were the PCI versions of Radius/SuperMac's popular & fast Thunder line of Nubus cards. Alas, there were better PCI cards, after Apple's switchover to PCI, once ATI & IMS got into the game from the PC world. Soon thereafter Radius got out of the business. The base configuration was 2 MB, & there were add-on modules; I'm not sure whether these were proprietary. I think at least some of the cards had slots for PCI-Mac-style VRAM DIMMs. The DSPs give Photoshop acceleration, but the support stopped with recent versions of Pshop (5 +), & recent OSes. I'm pretty sure these cards won't work at all under OS X. My references: <http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/radius/thunpci.html> <http://vision.nyu.edu/Tips/VideoCards.html#Radius> -- Bill Art page: <http://geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
