Se30 Monitor Options

From: jbthoo@ucdavis.edu ( John Thoo ) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 92 21:23:59 PST Subject: SE/30 and color monitor: report I recently posted the following questions on IMD: >I have an SE/30, and was considering buying a full-page or two-page >monochrome monitor. Recently, however, I've been more interested in >getting an 8-bit color or grey-scale monitor. Am I being stupid? >What I mean is, will hooking up an 8-bit color or grey-scale >monitor to my SE/30 make it sooooo sssllllooooowwwwwww that I'd be, >well, STUPID for doing so? Should I consider only 1-bit monitors? > >Are there any accelerator/8-bit combo cards for an SE/30 out there? >Or will I have to choose between speeding up my Mac or looking at >a color screen? I received quite a few responses to my queries (a couple of people actually responded *twice*), and I'd like to thank each and everyone who responded, especially: alex judkins <JUDKINSA@uno.cc.geneseo.edu>; David Herren <@mitvma.mit.edu:HERREN@MIDD.BITNET>; Greg Alton <grega@550sherb.lan.mcgill.ca>; Derek Fong <thewho@leland.Stanford.EDU>; Andy Francke <AFRANCKE@HMCVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU>; Wade Williams <wadew@ducvax.auburn.edu>; unsigned <@BUACCA.BU.EDU:ccmlh@buacca.BITNET>. (I hope I didn't mix up anyone's name and e-mail address :-) SUMMARY OF RESPONSES: Quite simply, almost everyone who responded to my query said that using a color monitor DOES NOT slow down an SE/30; everyone said to "go for the color"! The RasterOps board was recommended most often, each time with the caveat that it is quite expensive; no particular monitor was recommended a notable number of times. Unfortunately, no one had any specific info re the availability of an accelerator/8-bit combo card for the SE/30, but in light of the fact that using a color monitor doesn't slow down the SE/30 appreciably, I guess that not learning about such a card doesn't really matter. The following is a compilation of all the responses I received, sans their e-mail headers. I suspect that the info-mac moderators will snip off this section and archive it in /info-mac/report. Again, thanks to all who took the time to respond to my query. I hope that this summary will prove useful to someone. --John. ===============================cut here================================== I saw your question on info-mac. I'll tell you about my particular experience, with the standard disclaimers. I have an SE/30 with a RasterOps 264 (24bit color) board and the Apple 13" monitor. The RO board is not accelerated. Regarding speed: I find that the SE/30 with color is noticebly faster than a IIcx or IIsi, depending on the particular memory config. on the latter machine. I believe it is so fast because the external display boards are designed for the SE/30's PDS slot, which I understand is significantly faster than the NuBus. Take home message: Definitely buy the external video card for the SE/30. There are several on the market and you wont be disappointed. The machine wil…