Re: Apple II gs

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"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.