Bill: If you still have that card, I'd love to have it. Let me know how much to ship
and your address. Thanks a bunch Jim Lunceford P.O.Box 979 Wildomar CA 92595 ----------------------------- Bill Zipprich wrote: > I think the pickle and Bill are correct. > > I booted up the 3 IIci's and one of the boxes referenced the Radius > QuickColor card (the card with no external connector.) > > The QuickColor panel has options for accelerating 4 different Radius video > cards. > > If anybody wants the card (formal name: Radius Risc Processor Board), just > email me. You'll have to pay the shipping! > > Does anybody know what the highest MAC OS I can run on the IIci's without > having to resort to 68040's and such? > > Thanks! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vintage Macs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Bill Judson > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 10:56 AM > To: Vintage Macs > Subject: Radius mystery card (Was: Re: ...hi everybody) > > It may be just a general graphics accelerator -- probably the Radius > QuickColor card. Sold to be used with the early Radius 24-bit cards in the > Mac II-era machines. The ones prior to the PrecisionColor series, which > (mostly) had onboard acceleration -- I think they were called the > DirectColor series. The QuickColor board works (not surprisingly) with the > QuickColor control panel -- probably earlier releases, although maybe later > versions might work -- the same-named control panel was used with the > Radius PrecisionColor, PrecisionColor Pro, & Thunder IV series. I have a > few versions, if you want them, email me offlist. > > Most of the Radius DirectColor boards only supported the Radius 2-page > monitors, which have a funny (i.e. nonstandard) resolution, I think 1152 x > 882, except for the DirectColor GX, which supported the Apple 13" RGB, & > NTSC/PAL. The QuickColor card had no external connectors, & it accelerated > the DirectColor card thru the Nubus -- bus mastering, I suppose. I don't > know if it will master other cards that will play the "submissive" role, > like the Apple 8*24. > > The acceleration services it provided were just speeding up 2D QuickDraw > calls, but neither Photoshop nor 3D gaming benefit. > > > At 21:18 -0700 on 08/08/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > > > >--- Bill Zipprich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Does anybody know what the following card is: > > >> > > >> Radius Risc Processor Board > > >> > > >> It's a Nubus card with no external connector. Could > > >> it be a card that accelerates graphics? > > > > > >Probably a PhotoShop accelerator. Should work with > > >up to PhotoShop 3, maybe 4. System 7.5.3 or 7.5.5 > > >tops. You'll need the PhotoShop plugin for the card. > > > > Unless it has AT&T DSPs on it, which that particuar board doesn't, it's > not a > > Photoshop accelerator. I've seen a photo of that card once before, > although > > it's been a while and I don't think I saved it. That board predates the > > Thunder and Storm boards by about two or three years. > > -- > > > > the pickle > > -- > Over, > > Jutso -- 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
