se/30 expansion card

[fimbulvetr]

I just picked up an SE/30 and it came with a mystery expansion card . . . it is marked with MoDAM SE030 Rev C  1989 Memory Plus, and has a DB 9 port.  Anyone have an idea what this thing might be? Is it useful?  Does it need drivers? Unfortunately, the SE/30 has a dead hard drive, so there are no clues there as to what it may be. Thanks!

 

[raoulduke]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?s=feeedccf6fbe762f8a785a306163571a&t=964573

 

[Charlieman]

Memory Plus were one of those companies which made everything for compact Macs. Your card is almost certainly for graphics. 9 pin connectors were used for first generation multisync monitors as well as for digital CGA/EGA monitors. Given the date, it is likely to be for an analogue monitor. It may work at VGA rates or it may require a specific display (Panasonic were popular at the time).

 

[fimbulvetr]

Hmm.  So perhaps not particularly useful to me then. I junked all my old monitors years ago except one for my ti99.

 

[raoulduke]

You can probably use an adapter.

https://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com/msg01543.html

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