Re: Apple II gs

[James Stafford <jamess@funtv.com>]

Supertimer wrote:
> 
> "DelfsAtApple2.Com" <delfsNO@SPAMapple2.com> wrote:
> 
> >Wayne:
> >What is the name of this pricey piece of hardware and what
> >did it do?  I'd like to find one myself.
> >
> >Thankx for any insight,
> >Ed
> 
> Hi.  The name of the hardware is the Second Sight SVGA
> card from http://www.sequential.com/ Sequential Systems.
> One of the best pieces of hardware I ever got for my IIGS
> (I got mine years ago).  It is basically an overhaul of the
> IIGS video system, providing a VGA chip and a meg of
> video memory.  The card can generate resolutions of up
> to 1024x768 and colors up to 24-bit (1024x768 with 256
> or 640x480 with 24-bit color).  It'll also faithfully reproduce
> the IIGS standard modes but with the black scan lines
> removed to make the image more solid.  In text mode,
> the fonts look a lot sharper and more solid too.
> 
> I have my IIGS on an SVGA monitor and my eyes feel a
> lot better.  ;-)  It is also nice to display JPEG, GIF, TIF,
> and IFF files in their original resolutions plus a couple of
> IIGS games and programs use the extra modes.
> 
> Sequential provides an adapter should you want to use
> their SVGA card with an Apple brand Mac monitor.

I just got my GS back up and running this past week-end. The old hard
drive died of stickum. You should see the GS screen on my big 19"
monitor. Is someone still working on a fix to the system software to
enable it to do higher resolution?

jamess
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