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Identify this Radius video card?
- Thread starter olePigeon
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The angle adapter is either for a Quadra/Centris 610, 660av, or a PM6100. They are all different.
The photo is too poor to make out what is what. So, I will ask: Is that a DAV slot there at the long end of the adapter (at the right) or is it a chip? It it's a slot, then it's the fabled 660av card and you may just have made Bunson's day. He's been looking for one.
The photo is too poor to make out what is what. So, I will ask: Is that a DAV slot there at the long end of the adapter (at the right) or is it a chip? It it's a slot, then it's the fabled 660av card and you may just have made Bunson's day. He's been looking for one.
Looks like it's in the NuBus adapter for a Q610 or 6100.
To find out which card it is, pop it into a NuBus Mac and run SlotInfo from the Gauge Utility Suite or TechTool. You might also check the NuBus Mafia Card Scan collection over on 'fritter.
To find out which card it is, pop it into a NuBus Mac and run SlotInfo from the Gauge Utility Suite or TechTool. You might also check the NuBus Mafia Card Scan collection over on 'fritter.
I see on further investigation that the slot in question would have been on the other side, towards the monitor connection.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA29779?viewlocale=en_US
It wasn't possible to do much high-end stuff on the 840av and 660av without a nubus card that could feed signals in compressed form to the co-processor, in particular where video was concerned. In effect, the DAV slot was to the AV Macs' co-processor what the PDS slot on other Quadras was to the 68040.
Needless to say, there were not many of these Nubus cards produced. One in my possession is the SpigotPower AV.
It wasn't possible to do much high-end stuff on the 840av and 660av without a nubus card that could feed signals in compressed form to the co-processor, in particular where video was concerned. In effect, the DAV slot was to the AV Macs' co-processor what the PDS slot on other Quadras was to the 68040.
Needless to say, there were not many of these Nubus cards produced. One in my possession is the SpigotPower AV.
Quite so: and the limiting factor on the 660AV is having the Nubus adapter, which also has the DAV connector on it.
I would like to see a better photo of the adapter without the Nubus card if that's at all possible
The Nubus card itself doesn't look like any that I'm familiar with, but as suggested you may be able to ID it in another Nubus machine. Or by trawling through the images at the Applefritter Nubus Mafia page for a match.
I would like to see a better photo of the adapter without the Nubus card if that's at all possible
The Nubus card itself doesn't look like any that I'm familiar with, but as suggested you may be able to ID it in another Nubus machine. Or by trawling through the images at the Applefritter Nubus Mafia page for a match.
The NuBus Mafia is offline ATM along with the 'fritter forums archive. eeun told me that TO would like to get them back online at some point. Putting it in a NuBus Mac and running SlotInfo, or its equivalent, is the only way to be sure what a mystery card is. Copyright date on the PCB would help, as would a scan or really good (LARGE) digital shots would help a lot. It looks like a 24bit capable card to me, given its length and the appearance of the VRAM, chipset and SMT PCB, but a look at the IC legends and the "solder side" would be a big help. [
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