Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!bellcore!texbell!wuarchive!wugate!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!orion.cf.uci.edu!uci-ics!truesdel From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: 32 bit QuickDraw Message-ID: <21160@paris.ics.uci.edu> Date: 17 Aug 89 15:53:04 GMT References: <2862@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <3671@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <570@nikhefk.UUCP> Sender: news@paris.ics.uci.edu Distribution: comp.sys.mac Lines: 27 paulm@nikhefk.UUCP (Paul Molenaar) writes: >I'm seriously considering to buy that Rasterops 24-bit videocard >(hell, I sold my SE to buy a IIcx just to be able to use the card ;) >but I'd like to hear other people's experiences. Anyone using it now? >Have there been reviews in the Mac press? The card is very new. I don't believe it is for sale at this time. I seem to remember them quoting a late September date at Expo. I held 2 different "264" cards in my hand; one they were passing around during their presentation and another that was given as a gift for a friend of mine who was developing some software for them. The cards were different form each other in chip layout, ROM configuration, and video RAM. The card my friend recieved was very high quality production, all surface mount, >And: will it, in some future, support PAL output? (I'd prefer HD-MAC >output, but then again...;) The brochure only mentions RGB NTSC output. The board is, however, self configuring/auto-sensing. --scott -- Scott Truesdell