ants
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I've been scrounging parts for a while now to somehow upgrade an SE/30 to a colour screen. I finally started piecing it together:
The Mac has a RasterOps ColorBoard 264 in its PDS slot, and I've connected it to a VGA controller via a DB-15 to VGA adapter. Thankfully the VGA controller supports the 65hz refresh rate that the RasterOps card outputs.
The star of the show, however, is the LCD panel I managed to find. It's an NEC 8.4" NL6448BC26-27, with a native 640x480 resolution and LED backlight. The contrast ratio is perfect, with the blackest blacks and beautiful clarity.
I've actually got a dead CRT tube lying around, so at some point I'm going to attempt to depressurise it and cut it open!! I've watched enough YouTube videos on the process to hopefully not seriously mame myself.
Then I will attempt to mount the LCD behind the curved glass. Watch this space.
The Mac has a RasterOps ColorBoard 264 in its PDS slot, and I've connected it to a VGA controller via a DB-15 to VGA adapter. Thankfully the VGA controller supports the 65hz refresh rate that the RasterOps card outputs.
The star of the show, however, is the LCD panel I managed to find. It's an NEC 8.4" NL6448BC26-27, with a native 640x480 resolution and LED backlight. The contrast ratio is perfect, with the blackest blacks and beautiful clarity.
I've actually got a dead CRT tube lying around, so at some point I'm going to attempt to depressurise it and cut it open!! I've watched enough YouTube videos on the process to hopefully not seriously mame myself.
Then I will attempt to mount the LCD behind the curved glass. Watch this space.