Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!milano.sw.mcc.com!cadillac!hardin From: hardin@dino.cad.mcc.com (John Hardin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Upgrading an Apple 8 bit video card Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 91 16:05:58 GMT References: <61413@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Sender: news@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM Distribution: usa Organization: MCC CAD Program, Austin, Texas Lines: 19 In-reply-to: feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu's message of 23 Feb 91 08:02:59 GMT ++++ feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu (john a feinberg) writes: > I recently got a used Apple 8 bit video card, and I noticed that our computing > center was offering upgrades that would take an Apple 8 bit video card to an > 8*24 card. Is this true? Can you really upgrade a 4*8 to an 8*24 card? If it > is true, are the upgrade kits available via mail order, or are they only > available via mail order? After taking a look at the card, it looks like all > that can be done is popping out about 6-8 memory chips, and replacing them > with better ones. Is this upgrade available for *only* the "new" Apple 8-bit video card? (I have a two-year old Apple 4/8 video card that I *assume* can *not* be upgraded to 24-bit (short of selling it and buying a new one!).) -jwh -- John Hardin MCC CAD Program AT&T: 512/338-3535 3500 W. Balcones Center Drive ARPA: hardin@mcc.com Austin, TX 78759-6509 UUCP: {harvard,gatech,uunet}!cs.utexas.edu!hardin%mcc.com