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Needed: Lapis ColorServer PDS/30 software
I added the extra memory to the Lapis SE/30 card. It didn't do anything. The card still identifies as a PDS/30 17 and not a PDS/30 21, it also didn't offer any additional resolution or color depth. So I guess I'd need to change the ROM as well, but I doubt I'd ever find one.
As for the other Lapis card in the SE, I got the same picture on the Apple Portrait as I did on the LCD. So it could be a sync issue. Maybe the vertical and horizontal are switched? I don't know.
As for the other Lapis card in the SE, I got the same picture on the Apple Portrait as I did on the LCD. So it could be a sync issue. Maybe the vertical and horizontal are switched? I don't know.
Bummer. But not terribly surprising. Is there a ROM on the card? Or is it totally dependent on the driver loading the FPGA image. I guess there must be a declaration ROM at least. Might be interesting to read that out, if there is one. It's possible that the declaration ROM just declares what model card it is and then the driver loads the FPGA code for that model. Possibly, change one byte in the declaration ROM and it might know to change the FPGA code to support the larger VRAM.
It'd probably make more sense to look for the test and branch instruction in the driver, than to spend a lot of time guessing at the contents of the declaration ROM.
It'd probably make more sense to look for the test and branch instruction in the driver, than to spend a lot of time guessing at the contents of the declaration ROM.
Yep. Actually, the ROM looks to be just your standard everyday EPROM.
Hi all
I've just bought the same card on ebay last week but I'm struggling to make it work on my SE/30.
The Driver Museum is back, so I got the "drivers pack" from them, which is exactly the same archive that you have.
I understand that I need the ColorServer PDS 17 Control panel, which I've got. But do I need anything else?
What I don't get is that I'm told it's a control panel, but my SE/30 had another video card when I got it, another Lapis (the DPD one) and I seem to remember the driver was installed under extensions not control panels. I tried both and it's still not working: the monitor control panel doesn't see anything even with an external display connected (I tried a LCD with a DA-15 to VGA converter which I know works from my "Radius IIsi hack for SE/30" and a standard 14" Macintosh Color Display)
I'm sure the solution is that I'm a n00b that doesn't know how to install stuff properly. But I'm not even sure that the card itself works... So I've downloaded a software called "slots", I'm going to upload a couple of pics
What do you think?
I've just bought the same card on ebay last week but I'm struggling to make it work on my SE/30.
The Driver Museum is back, so I got the "drivers pack" from them, which is exactly the same archive that you have.
I understand that I need the ColorServer PDS 17 Control panel, which I've got. But do I need anything else?
What I don't get is that I'm told it's a control panel, but my SE/30 had another video card when I got it, another Lapis (the DPD one) and I seem to remember the driver was installed under extensions not control panels. I tried both and it's still not working: the monitor control panel doesn't see anything even with an external display connected (I tried a LCD with a DA-15 to VGA converter which I know works from my "Radius IIsi hack for SE/30" and a standard 14" Macintosh Color Display)
I'm sure the solution is that I'm a n00b that doesn't know how to install stuff properly. But I'm not even sure that the card itself works... So I've downloaded a software called "slots", I'm going to upload a couple of pics
What do you think?
The Mac Driver Museum version is corrupted. I couldn't get it to work. Try these:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5334905/%7F%7FLapisVideoDrivers.sit
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5334905/%7F%7FLapisVideoDrivers.sit
I have tried your link.
Still nothing ;(
the monitor control panel is left unchanged.
Could the card be damaged?
I can't understand properly what the report from "slots" is telling me. There are no signs of a Lapis card in there...
Still nothing ;(
the monitor control panel is left unchanged.
Could the card be damaged?
I can't understand properly what the report from "slots" is telling me. There are no signs of a Lapis card in there...
I don't want to spoil your thread, so I'll create another one for my problem.
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