🚀 go-pugleaf

At 5:02 pm +0000 99/12/21, James Achtung Crippen wrote:
>On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Peter Paine wrote:
>
> > Some time before that I (JAC) wrote:
> >
> > >I don't want all the fancy video and rendering capabilites of the
> > >FrameThrower, I just want simple 8 bit (or better) color graphics. Just
> > >to add a little color to the otherwise gray interface.  Silly stuff like
> > >font coloring, simple graphics display, and the like.
> > >
> > >Is there anything out there?  Or do I just have to wait until I can
> > >scrounge enough money to buy a FrameThrower?
> >
> > I think I remember a straight CAD Buffer board for the XL.  Can't
> > remember much about it.  Doubt is many were around as most people
> > were into heavy duty color or not at all.
>
>Peter then suggested asking the SLUG list for information on an XL CAD
>buffer.  Anyone know anything?  It seems that this would be the straight
>smbx solution, considering what the CAD buffers provided on the
>G-machines.
>[...]
>David Schmidt offered to sell me a Univision VME 8-bit color board which
>worked in the XLs and was priced lower than a FrameThrower.

The Univision board is the one I remember being marketed as CAD 
Buffer for XL.  I've never seen one.

I imagine it'll be difficult to get a FrameThrower board without the 
rest of the XL box as part of the deal.