Re: Mac monitor on a IIgs?

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erickjoey@aol.com (ErickJoey) wrote:

>I'm not sure when I actually recieved my card, but it was some time after
>Christmas.  I followed all the instructions and booted up my IIgs.   The
>machine beeped and displayed trash on the VGA screen.  On and off again, and
>the same problem occurs.   check the install, check the manual, try again, no
>go.

I'm not sure you want to hear this, but Sequential's Tech Support
may have screwed up.  It turns out (at least back when I got my
card a few years ago) that the Second Sight has problems with some
other expansion cards in the IIGS.  Jawaid Bayzar had a list of them,
but he left Sequential long ago.  The solution was simple.  There
was a capacitor between two of the gold contacts on the edge
connector on the card.  Clip the capacitor and the Second Sight card
will work.  I suspect this was your problem.

Unfortunately, Sequential has your card now and I'm not sure how
you are going to get it back.

Actually, I have an older Second Sight ROM.  The newest can work
with hires mode, the only mode the Second Sight does not support
with earlier ROMs.  But hearing the horror stories of "hostage" cards
at Sequential, I've not sent mine in for a ROM swap.  I don't run
8-bit software, so it is not worth the risk of losing my card.