10 Mar
2009
10 Mar
'09
2:30 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Kaiser" <spectre at floodgap.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: macintosh rom simms
The IIfx's "banner" video card was,
ironically, the 8*24*GC, which is a
card
you should *not* use with the Q700 (see my last E-mail for why).
You can use certain NuBus cards to speed up other NuBus cards. Cards that
support slave NuBus block transfers can be sped up by NuBus cards that
support
bus mastering. The GC, again, is one of these and can speed up its slower
cousins like the 4*8 and straight 8*24. I think some Radius and Supermac
cards can also.
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Rasterops also made a seperate card that sped up block transfers for other
cards and also RAM slots onboard.
http://picasaweb.google.com/teozenios/NubusCards#5074342871496358706
Those 2 big chips to the right are DSPs. These were meant for 030 based
machines since all video cards in the Quadra had video acceleration built
in.