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From: MLH1@bunny.gte.com (Michael Hackney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SE/30 video cards?
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Date: 5 Oct 90 14:24:02 GMT
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I purchased an SE30 about 2 months ago and upgraded it with color.  After 
much searching I chose the RasterOps 264/SE 30 32 color card and the Seiko 
trinitron monitor - an AWESOME combination.  Running color at full 32 bits 
does seem to slow screen refreshing down a bit, but that happens on my Mac 
II also.  With 8 bit color, however, the screen refresh is very fast - 
faster than my Mac II at 8 bits (RasterOps 264 card in it).  This is 
because the SE 30 hardware goes in a "processor direct slot" (PDS) instead 
of the <slower> NuBus slot in the II machines!!!  Another nice think about 
my setup is that I get a larger Desktop because the original SE 30 monitor 
works also.

One piece of advice.  Whatever card you choose, I highly recommend getting 
(and becoming a registered user) of "Launcher".  Create a Launcher for 
each of your applications and set the video display attributes to whatever 
the app requires.  This eliminates the headache of using the control panel 
to change video modes everytime you switch apps that don't work/use a 
particular mode!

Enjoy,

michael