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Building an internal grayscale card for the SE/30
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Louie
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I need this
dankcomputing
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There was a pile of iisi PDS Pivot video cards on eBay for peanuts about 10 years ago. Everyone bought one and they're long gone.
zefrenchtoon
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dankcomputing
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It's not just 1-bit either - tons of very important games also rely on 4-bit color being available. I wish I could help fix this, sounds like a weird hardware design choice.This is correct... at the moment.
The original Formac ProNitron card on which this design is based used a software controllable "switch" to change the video clock(-devider) so that it could display 1- and 8-bit.
@Bolle had a hard time fiddling with this and ended up doing "8bit only" for now. But he can fill you in much better than I can... I'm just the software guy (and happy to flick that switch any time).
So yes - Currently, if a game/application insists on b/w it will get a "𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖇𝖔𝖙𝖊𝖓!" from the card and send back home
That's what multiple SE/30s are for.
s_pupp
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Exactly. I’ve got ten of ‘em. My wife refers to them as a “family of SE/30’s.”That's what multiple SE/30s are for.
My partner just says "What's the point? They all look the same." or "What does this one do that the others don't?". I try to explain but she quickly loses interest.
Phipli
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My missus has offered to start a support group.My partner just says "What's the point? They all look the same." or "What does this one do that the others don't?". I try to explain but she quickly loses interest.
I thought this was the support group?
cheesestraws
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Phipli
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@joshc @cheesestraws
As you both well know, I mean for the partners. You're only saying that because the thought of them getting organised and teaming up scares you
As you both well know, I mean for the partners. You're only saying that because the thought of them getting organised and teaming up scares you
mg.man
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Oh yeah!!! Terrifying thought! (shudders)
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jdcurry
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I believe I would be served divorce papers... If I can eventually 'trade up' one (or both) of my SEs for an SE/30 then I would be interested in getting it all decked out with purple. But the simplicity of the SE (and less leaky caps) has its own charms too.
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CharlieFrown
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I think I would settle with grayscale only no need for external color monitor.
no need for external color monitor.
Nixontheknight
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same, especially when in use with Bolle's Twinspark, I would rather have ethernet on the external port than a monitor portI think I would settle with grayscale only
Phipli
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You can do both ports with bolle's riser. I have a video card (another card, not Bolle's or a micron) wired into the 15pin dsub and the RJ45 for ethernet.
