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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: How to get color on an SE/30
Message-ID: <1991Jun4.151709.22532@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 4 Jun 91 15:17:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: mmm.1991Jun4.151709.22532
References: <1991Jun4.023944.23367@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN  55144-1000 US
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In article <1991Jun4.023944.23367@crash.cts.com> kevin@crash.cts.com (Kevin Hill) writes:
>  How can I get color on an se/30?  the main reason that I am posting this
>is that I am trying to find a cheap way to do so..

You will need to add a color card and monitor to your system.  Check out
the Micro XCEED cards, which can work either with a 13" 640x480x8bit
monitor, or with a 1024x768x8bit setup (19"?).  If you want to go for
the gusto, get a RasterOps 264/30 24-bit card and a 13" Trinitron
monitor of some make.  My Seiko makes a great partner for the RasterOps.

The Micron card is roughly $325 via mail-order; the RasterOps is closer
to $600+.  You can get a Seiko CM1445 for ~$600, an Apple for closer to
$700, and a Sony for about the same.  The cheaper units (NEC MacSync,
Magnavox) cost less ($400-$500), but I don't think they measure up in
daily use.

>  Also, when I opened up my mac the other day, there was a connector that
>had nothing attached to it on the side of the board.. About 50 to 70 holes?

That is the PDS (Processor Direct Slot) that a monitor or other
expansion card will plug into.  I don't recall how many holes it has in
it :-)
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