On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 08:21 , Chris Lawson wrote:
>>> PowerMac. My personal "holy grail" of NuBus video >>> is the Apple/Radius 24AC with the v1.1 ROM. :) >>> One for my Power IIci and one for my Radius 81/110. >>> Why? Because the 24AC works 100% at least through >>> Mac OS 8.6. >> >> Sounds good to me. I suppose a PPC upgrade is in the realm of >> possibility, > > Pretty much any SuperMac Spectrum or Radius PrecisionColor Pro series > card > is a good one and will be a lot faster than anything but the GC. The > RasterOps PaintBoard series is the best - even better than the AC - but > they're getting hard to find with drivers. The real top of the heap is > the > Horizon 24, but the last one that went on eBay was about six months or > so > ago and $50-ish. > Hello, I'm back on the list after a few months! I would have to add the excellent line of video cards by Radius, the Thunder IV GX. Another card also by Radius which excels is the Radius Thunder 24GT (which is the same as the Thunder IV 1152 GX without the DSP add on). At least in my testings, the Thunder 24GT fared somewhat better than the Horizon 24, most notably in scrolling. The Horizon 24 does have more ram (4MB+4MB G-World on my card) compared to 3MB on the Thunder 24GT. The Thunder IV 1600GX has 6MB, and I'm still searching for one of those. My latest NuBus card is the Sonnet Sonnata24 which is really a VillageTronics MacPicaso 340 (I took off the Sonnet sticker, and the MacPicasso 340 markings are there, and System Profiler also shows the MP340 id). Now this card is really nice! It has dual connectors (Mac standard video + VGA) and the manual stats you CAN connect 2 monitors to it! It has PCI additions unlike any NuBus card I own (and I own some) like DCC. From what I've read, the MP340 is actually a NuBus version of the PCI MP540. Right now, I have the MP340 in my AWS 9150 (upgraded to a G3@260MHz), along with a 24XLTV for video capture. I will soon get down to detailing my experience with NuBus video cards, specially testing on this PowerMac (OS 9.1). So far, the following cards have worked on this configuration: Sonnet Sonnata24 (VillageTronic MacPicasso 340) Radius Thunder 24GT RasterOps Horizon24 RasterOps 24XLTV (Video capture rocks! much better than the PDS AV card!) I just won a Display Card 24AC on eBay, and will test it as soon as I have it. iVan -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
