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The NuBus Video Card AD Scan Dump . . .

68kMLA Hardware 15 posts Jan 9, 2011 to Jan 11, 2011

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#1 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 01:04 68kMLA

. . . I guess that's what it should be called. :b&w:

First off, my favorite VidCard: Radius PrecisionColorPro:

They OEMd this card for Apple also.

more to follow . . . eventually!

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#2 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 01:25 68kMLA

That would be 3000% faster than what machine, do you suppose? I have one of these, but it doesn't seem THAT much faster than anything Mac II-ish, at least.

It's wonderful to see these, by the way. In a move some ten years ago, I made a decision in desparation — in order to get through the packing ordeal — to throw out all my old magazines from the early 90s, and I have always regretted it.

So keep the scans coming! Maybe pop them up in a Flickr set also??? It would be good for all this to be gathered together somewhere for posterity.

#3 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 01:32 68kMLA

So keep the scans coming! Maybe pop them up in a Flickr set also??? It would be good for all this to be gathered together somewhere for posterity.

Agreed!

#4 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 02:18 68kMLA

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#5 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 02:32 68kMLA

SuperMac SPECTRUM/24 Brochure:

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SuperMac COLORCARD/24 Brochure:

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#6 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 11:24 68kMLA

Mmmm, Quickdraw accelerator daughtercard .... mmmmm.

#7 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 16:46 68kMLA

So, reading between the lines of the SuperMac and Radius adverts, the reference baseline for that 3000% in the Radius advert probably was a Mac II.

Great stuff.

#8 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 - 18:37 68kMLA

Are those magazine advertisements or company product literature?

#9 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 - 17:40 68kMLA

Anything not a MagAd was then/will be labeled "Brochure" for clarity's sake!

#10 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 - 00:10 68kMLA

Especially helpful back then were the approximately annual video card round ups the magazines would do. The ones in MacUser always seemed a little more useful and technical to me than the ones in MacWorld.

I too threw out almost all my old Mac magazines many years ago.

#11 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 - 03:05 68kMLA

I had scanned some interesting advertisements and I think posted them back when we had a picture gallery here. I have quite a few late 80's to around 1996 Macworld/Macuser magazines. When you look at those advertisements it allmost makes you break out the pocketbook to buy the stuff.

#12 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 - 14:24 68kMLA

MacUser was a FAR more useful magazine in terms of technology, MacWorld never came close, MacAddict did. If you wanted balanced coverage of the Mac/PC continuum, BYTE or PC Magazine (for the most part) were the places to go, IMHO.

I've kept the most useful of both MW & MU, including Monitor & Accelerator comparison tables, anybody interested in seeing those?

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#13 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 - 16:48 68kMLA

... Macworld/Macuser magazines. When you look at those advertisements it allmost makes you break out the pocketbook to buy the stuff.

Yes, I think that was the point of them.

But they do make the old gear sort of delicious still, don't they? The nice thing about it for me is that I actually have a good deal of the stuff, whereas back then I could only drool over it.

Monitor & Accelerator comparison tables, anybody interested in seeing those

Oh yes!

#14 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 - 21:03 68kMLA

I've kept the most useful of both MW & MU, including Monitor & Accelerator comparison tables, anybody interested in seeing those?

Another 'Yes' vote here. I found those video card comparisons amongst some of the most useful stuff the magazines produced.

#15 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 - 21:18 68kMLA

OK, I've got the next couple of days off, I'll see what I can get up quickly. [

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Gotta save some hackin' time for the days the grlf is working though! :approve: