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From: mikek@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Mike Kranzdorf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac II Colorboards
Keywords: Rasterops, Quickdraw accel.
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Date: 23 Jan 90 17:11:53 GMT
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I have the RasterOps 264 and have recently seen a demo of the SuperMac
version.  From what I saw, the SuperMac wins hands down.  It has
hardware pan & zoom, and large virtual screen sizes when in less than
24 bit mode.  Also, the accellerator make the board very useable in
24 bit, whereas my RasterOps is barely acceptable.  Both purport to
provide RGB NTSC output, but I can't get the RasterOps to speak to a
TrueVision VIDI/O box.  TrueVision says the center frequency on the
RasterOps board must be off slightly, and the VIDI/O box does not
have a large window.  RasterOps has not helped me out much, I keep
getting blown off telephone-wise.  (Can anyone help with this?)
I don't know if the SuperMac is any better or worse in this regard.
The RasterOps gives me very nice colors (better than my Apple card
when both are in 8 bit), but I didn't compare the SuperMac directly
and can't comment on it's power or color.

--mikek
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