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Lapis L-TV Pro LC Drivers?

defor

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Does anyone have, or know where to track down the Focus/Lapis L-TV Pro/E (Ethernet) LC-PDS drivers?
The card I have works great, outputs to tv, etc, but video acceleration seems to not be functional as performance is very poor...
I've tried a few different packages from different locations:
  • Lapis24PDS.sit
  • Lapis8.16.LC_.dsk
  • lapis_videocard_drivers.sea
  • LapisVideoCardDrivers.sit
  • lapis_videocard_drivers.sea
Anyone have working drivers, or a copy of the installation floppy?

Thanks!
 
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defor

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Still looking...
Have managed to archive some more versions of the official L-TV Pro software, as well as a legitimate Install software from the Nubus L-TV Pro card, but sadly, still no luck finding a driver that responds favorably to this specific card.
 

defor

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That actually MAY be true, but the only way to change the resolution is with the control panel- I've got both the LC-PDS L-TV Pro NTSC (Normal, not Ethernet equipped) and the LC-PDS L-TV Pro PAL drivers and while neither work (it seems the board id resources dont match the PDS device id's (changing them causes an attempted load, and an immediate hard crash into MacsBug), it offers the insight that the card (with drivers) supports a mirroring mode, dual display resolutions from 512 to 640, screen squeeze, magification mode over svideo, and flicker stabilizer options...

Even without the acceleration, the flicker reduction option alone would be worth it.
 

Phipli

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Try seeing if you can find some drivers for a Focus branded product. If I remember, Focus and Lapis used to cross brand products. Perhaps there is a Focus installer that knows the card.

Edit : Duh. Sorry, only read the last post and title like an idiot. As you were. See you already were talking about Focus stuff.
 

Phipli

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I have a Focus ethernet / video card in my PB 5300. Are the drivers of interest to you?
 

defor

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No worries- yeah that's exactly where I am already- the 1997 version of the Focus website seems to have a driver package specifically for the Ethernet version of the card that I have, but it was on FTP. after rebranding and so on, when they started hosting the drivers on their site, they appear to have dropped this specific card.

I even recently purchased (and received) the NUBUS version of the L-TV Pro with hopes that the install disk included was universal (as the box was the same box shared with the LC and LCw/Ethernet versions of the card), and might have the LC-PDS L-TV Pro/E drivers, but in the end, it was what's already been posted around for a while now (although now i've got a proper floppy install image at least I suppose)...

I may have tracked down one of the original developers on teh card, and might be reaching out to see if they know anything on this card anymore...
 

defor

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The Focus Video/Ethernet driver for 5300 definitely does have a driver (as well as a firmware update).. again, no use for this weird edge case!
 

cheesestraws

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This might not be helpful but: Lapis' driver situation was a total mess back in the day, and is even more so now.

If that developer has anything at all in the driver department, someone will probably be looking for it.
 

defor

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cheesestraws - I already seem to have bunch more drivers not archived by the usual suspects after digging for this specific one over the last few weeks, so I might see about fixing the mess that's out there.
 

defor

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Hum, perhaps it does. The disk wasn't in the box and I had a work call so didn't get much chance to look.
Yeah, If you have this card, you'll definitely want to get that firmware updater and driver, etc.
I recall life with this card being a lot better with it than not.
Also remember that if you put more than 32MB ram in your 5300, Focus made a wierd note that there's a bug on the 5300 board that needed fixed by apple so it would work correct and not freeze...
 

Phipli

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Yeah, If you have this card, you'll definitely want to get that firmware updater and driver, etc.
I recall life with this card being a lot better with it than not.
Also remember that if you put more than 32MB ram in your 5300, Focus made a wierd note that there's a bug on the 5300 board that needed fixed by apple so it would work correct and not freeze...
I haven't powered it on in a decade is the issue - I'd have installed whatever was there at the time :)

Not sure where I put the disk though. I have two of them, and they were both NOS at the time.
 
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