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From: gile@quads.uchicago.edu (Aaron Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Portrait Display card upgrade
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.220623.24436@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 21 Jun 91 22:06:23 GMT
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I'm currently running a Mac IIcx with a Mac Portrait Display card (with a
Portrait Display, obviously).  I can already get it to display 2-bit
greyscale graphics, though I know that it is capable of 4-bit display.
However, when I asked my local dealer about an upgrade, he said that
Apple no longer made them.  Now, it seems to me (a total hardware
idiot) that I should just be able to pop in a few memory chips (I guess
about 256k-worth) and let it go.  But I don't know (a) if this would
work, or (b) if it *did* work, what speed, size, etc. of chips I should
use.  Can anyone help me, or point me somewhere where I might find out
some of this info?

Thanks,
Aaron Giles

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