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From: brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac LC
Message-ID: <1874@gold.gvg.tek.com>
Date: 15 Jan 91 18:01:21 GMT
References: <1991Jan14.192836.26567@cck.cov.ac.uk>
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In article <1991Jan14.192836.26567@cck.cov.ac.uk> csh003@cck.cov.ac.uk (RJ HAYES) writes:
>Some questions about the machine...
>
>does it come with a monitor (I hope so)?
>
Nope.
Though, there is a new monitor (12", RGB) designed for the LC.  It lists for
$599.  The problem in the area of monitors:

	- The 12" Monitor displays something like 512 x 384 pixels (64 dpi).
	  This is similar to the Mac plus/Classic.  
	  However, the monitor was designed with the LC in mind, and as a 
	  result, can display 256 colors (LC's 8-bit on board color) with
	  no modification.  If you obtained the 512k "VRAM" (Video RAM), the
	  number of colors would increase to 32,768, I believe.

	- The 13" RGB Monitor has a resolution of 640 x 480 (72 dpi).
	  However, this monitor existed before the LC, and because of
	  some bizarre reasons resident in the LC, this monitor can display
	  only 16 colors (4-bit) if connected to an LC.  If you buy the VRAM,
	  you can get 256 colors.  The list price on the 13" RGB is $999.

>is it expandable (I heard that the classic is very limited)?
>
Yes, mildly.  It does not have a NuBus slot.  It has what is referred to as
a "Processor Direct Slot."  This is a slot specifically designed for the
LC's 68020 cpu.  There is a NuBus adapter that will allow those type cards
to be installed (only space for 1 card).  There are a number of companies that
are designing boards for that slot directly (not assuming the buyer has a NuBus
adapter).  One such company has a 68040 accelerator board out for the LC!


>does it come with an 8bit or 24bit graphics card?
>
8-bit color built-in.


>what is its compatiblity like? (I think it is the only mac to use the 68020 
>				   chip is it not)
>
No, the Macintosh II also used the 68020.  The system software for Macintoshes
will run on all Macintoshes, though not all of them can take advantage of all
of the features in System 7.0, for example (virtual memory).  Compatibility,
I think, is not an issue.



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