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Post #1 by Trash80toHP_Mini
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateSat, 15 Jan 2011 - 16:37
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/another-retro-active-conquest-ims-twin-turbo-128.22098/
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. . . rises to the surface!

Here's all the new IRS Funded Goodies arranged on the MacCoffeeTable™ I've mentioned:
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It's been so long since I acquired the PPC side of the MacCoffeeTable™ support system that I ASSuMEd it was an 8100. I went to nab its HPV Video Card to put into the Radius 81/110 along with the new Crescendo G3/HPV Adapter Cards and discovered it was an 8500! Not only that, the (unexamined) Video Card in it turned out not to be yet another boring NuBus Goodness conquest, but a PCI Card! Right away I stuck it in the QS2k, hooked it up to my trusty Radius PrecisionView 2150 and it worked at 640 x 480 using a Mac DB-15 -> 4 BNC cable.

So I found found the drivers, installed them and still got 640 x 480. :p

I dug through the Magic Boxen and hooked it up with an HD-15 -> 5 BNC cable and, voila, oodles and freakin' OODLES of pixels available at 24 bits! Including the magical 1080p @ 60Hz for the 22" HP LCD along with 1600 x 1200 @ 75Hz for, easy on the eyes, 21" CRT playtime!

It's an IMS Twin Turbo 128!

I think it's time to order Sonnet's SATA Card and research HPV VidCap capability. SATA will likely wind up a lot less expensive than hunting down a JackHammer and SCSI drives for the Radius 81/110/Crescendo G3/VideoVision Studio VidCap Rig.

No time to do the research now . . . so . . . will 8500/Crescendo G3/HPV/PCI/SATA performance relegate my NuBus PPC Clone fave to NuBus Playtime Redundancy? :?:

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