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Article #17513Re: Home upgrade of Mac II video?
From: Maurice Weitman
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1987 08:37
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1987 08:37
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In article <57900001@sfu_halley> mcdonald@sfu_halley.cs.sfu writes:
)
) [...] Is it possible to do the 4 to 8 bit
)upgrade on the apple video board by oneself? Is it easy? Will it invalidate
)any of Apple's warranties?
Yes. Yes. Probably, but only if you get caught.
)What with the price of DRAMs these days, it it
)just needs 4 memory chips it strikes me that what apple is charging is quite
)a bit more than what the upgrade should cost.
)
The DRAMs are not your standard chips. I believe they are
dual-state video RAM, and cost $8 - $12 a piece, and the board
needs eight of them, not four.
One aside: running with 256 colors (or shades of gray) makes the
video a bit more than sluggish. It is purty, though.
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