7100 Video

[Blinkenlightz]

Hi 68K'ers!

I'm sorting through my collection, which I haven't had time for in years. I'm looking at one particular machine, my PowerMac 7100/80.

I acquired this one about 5-6 years ago from a city government auction. It was missing the hard drive but otherwise complete. I've since added a 700MB Quantum.

Anyhow - this thing has the (decidedly bizarre) HDI45 video connector on the logic board. It also has an Apple PDS video card, and NuBus Radius "8-bit video accelerator" card. I normally want my systems to be as complete as they can be, so it bothers me that I can't use that HDI45 port since I have no adapter or native monitor. But -- am I right in thinking that the on-board video would be slower than the two add-in cards (both of which have a normal DB-15 connector)? I'm assuming the on-board video uses shared RAM as well. If that's the case, I will resolve to happily ignore the giant HDI45.

 

[mcdermd]

Yeah, the built-in DRAM video sucks memory off of the DRAM. If you really want the adapter, I think there were a couple in a bucket at the weekly university surplus sale I could pick up for you.

 

[Macdrone]

I second ignoring the inboard video. I have a dongle if you need one but the difference is see able between the two.

 

[directive0]

Agreed, the adapter really isn't worth the cost of admission, I'd go with the standard db15 output.

 

[Blinkenlightz]

Great then, thanks everyone for your input!

I'll just use the video cards and ignore the on-board video. Thanks for the offers to find the adapter for me though, much appreciated. :approve:

 

[Bunsen]

The 7100 shares its architecture with the 6100, which is documented in incredible detail at http://kan.org/6100 . You will find just about everything you could ever wish to know about video for those machines there.