Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jh4o+ From: jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey T. Hutzelman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: A-Max II Message-ID: Date: 6 Oct 90 19:29:37 GMT References: <0093DC222B880640.00000110@dcs.simpact.com>, <14372@brahms.udel.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 41 In-Reply-To: <14372@brahms.udel.edu> don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) writes: > In article <0093DC222B880640.00000110@dcs.simpact.com> > whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) writes: > >>Amiga co-processors are jokes when compared to the 24-bit graphic >> boards with 32-bit graphic co-processors. > > Which are available only for the higher-end Macs and which > require expensive monitors (in addition to the cost of the boards > themselves). > QuickDraw is nice for compatibility 2 Months ago, before I came to school, we had a Raster-Ops 24-bit graphics/video frame capture card at the Apple dealer where I was working. So, I know from experience what is required. 24-bit video cards will plug directly into ANY Mac II series machine. Includeing the now old original Mac II. And they DO NOT require any different monitor. They generate a video signal that looks EXCELLENT on the standard Mac 13" color monitor; the same one that works with the 8-bit color built into the Mac IIci. > QuickDraw is nice for compatibility, [...] but QuickDraw also seem to > slow things down tremendously. YES, it sure is. Quickdraw is why I can run the same software on a HUGE 2-page monitor or a 13" Color monitor w/8-bit color card, or 24-bit color like the Raster-Ops or Apple's card, or any combination of these AT THE SAME TIME. QuickDraw is why I can have a Mac II with 6 totally different video boards and different monitors on them, and have a window positioned so that its 4 corners are on 4 different monitors, and move it around, and the whole thing works. EVERY TIME, ALL THE TIME. And the newer Macs can handle QuickDraw very nicely, and the older, slower ones don't need some of its advanced, slower capabilities, so they simply aren't ever used or executed. ----------------- Jeffrey Hutzelman America Online: JeffreyH11 Internet/BITNET:jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu, jhutz@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu >> Apple // Forever!!! <<