At 17:27 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: >My Mac IIci has a Radius Thunder Precision Color X24 graphics card. A >220MHz CPU would likely spend a lot of time waiting for nubus to send >data to that card, and for the card to handle it. I'd definitely have >to get a faster video card to see huge increases in UI speed.
Which, unfortunately, doesn't exist, because, well, nobody makes NuBus cards any more...best you'll do is probably a Thunder IV or Horizon 24 by RasterOps, and even those can't really compete with something like an HPV card in the x100 PDS slot. >It's really too bad, because one reason I like machines like the Mac >IIci is because they are so small. I wish they still made computers this >small, and I mean in a more practical form than the Cube. "They" do, but unfortunately, "they" doesn't include Apple. -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> Software Archive <ftp://download:jmug@;ftp.jmug.org//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/> <http://www.members.jmug.org/%7Ethepickl/archive/> _________________________________________________________________ -- 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:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
