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Quadra 700 Colour?
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2006-07-08 18:40:14
Andy Ball wrote:
> Before I go out and blow a whole US$ 18 on some VRAM
SIMMs
> for my trusty Quadra 700, I thought to check whether X
was
> likely to work (I'm thinking of using it basically as
an X
> terminal).
> 
>   http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/machine-status/

> 
>     ...suggests that it would only work in 1-bit
monochrome,
> but...
> 
>   http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/faq/faq-9.html#ss9.14

> 
>                    ...hints at a more colourful
possibility.
> 
> Has anyone successfully used X in colour on the Quadra
700's
> internal video or via a NuBus card?

I'm running 16-bit X now on a Mystic CC.  The A/UX FAQ,
backed up by 
LowEndMac, indicates that Q700 internal video is capable of
24-bit video 
(provided the VRAM of course).  So I don't see why it
wouldn't work.

Tim

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Tim & Alethea
christtrek.org
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