> > At 4:42 PM +0100 6/16/04, Commander Spacedog wrote: > > >> > >>I have a IIci in a cupboard at home, where is has been sitting for > >>about two years or so. I hope to refurbish it over summer and find > >>some use for it. I have to admit I got rather carried away on eBay > >>with all the cheap stuff there - I am sure most people can relate to > >>this! > >> > >>I have a copy of OS 7 somewhere at home and I've bought a cache card, > >>64Mb of ram since I am not sure how much there is in the machine at > >>present and a NuBus ethernet card. I also bought an Apple 17" > >>ColorSync monitor, thinking I could use it with the IIci. I also have > >>bids in on a cheap SuperMac Spectrum 24V NuBus card. > >> > >> > >>Any advice you can give is greatly appreciated. Let's just hope I can > >>get over my feverish method of eBay purchasing. > > > I once owned a IIci with a videocard that was able to do millions of > colours on a 17 inch monitor! The card didn't work with the greyscale > monitor that I wanted to use so I gave it away. I'm not sure of the card's > name but 'SuperMac' sounds familiar to me. > > My local Mac guru told me that the IIci's internal video doesn't work with > muiltiple scan monitors either, and he said that Nubus cards that work > with multiple scan are pretty rare, but I'm pretty sure that my card could > do multiple scan too. >
Common apple 1024 * 24 nubus cards will work, this is how I use it on common monitors (read: darkside) and using different resolutions and high colors. Negative thing is no acceleration. Better than nothing. Cheers, Wizard -- 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> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
