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The NuBus Video Card AD Scan Dump . . .
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2011-01-08 17:04:56
. . . I guess that's what it should be called. :b&w:

First off, my favorite VidCard: Radius PrecisionColorPro:



They OEMd this card for Apple also.

more to follow . . . eventually! 😱)

Posted by: beachycove on 2011-01-08 17:25:04
That would be 3000% faster than what machine, do you suppose? I have one of these, but it doesn't seem THAT much faster than anything Mac II-ish, at least.

It's wonderful to see these, by the way. In a move some ten years ago, I made a decision in desparation — in order to get through the packing ordeal — to throw out all my old magazines from the early 90s, and I have always regretted it.

So keep the scans coming! Maybe pop them up in a Flickr set also??? It would be good for all this to be gathered together somewhere for posterity.
Posted by: protocol7 on 2011-01-08 17:32:48
So keep the scans coming! Maybe pop them up in a Flickr set also??? It would be good for all this to be gathered together somewhere for posterity.
Agreed!
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2011-01-08 18:18:51
k! 😉



Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2011-01-08 18:32:24
SuperMac SPECTRUM/24 Brochure:





SuperMac COLORCARD/24 Brochure:
Posted by: Bunsen on 2011-01-09 03:24:25
Mmmm, Quickdraw accelerator daughtercard .... mmmmm.
Posted by: beachycove on 2011-01-09 08:46:43
So, reading between the lines of the SuperMac and Radius adverts, the reference baseline for that 3000% in the Radius advert probably was a Mac II.

Great stuff.
Posted by: Unknown_K on 2011-01-09 10:37:55
Are those magazine advertisements or company product literature?
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2011-01-10 09:40:07
Anything not a MagAd was then/will be labeled "Brochure" for clarity's sake! 😉

Posted by: trag on 2011-01-10 16:10:29
Especially helpful back then were the approximately annual video card round ups the magazines would do. The ones in MacUser always seemed a little more useful and technical to me than the ones in MacWorld.

I too threw out almost all my old Mac magazines many years ago.
Posted by: Unknown_K on 2011-01-10 19:05:55
I had scanned some interesting advertisements and I think posted them back when we had a picture gallery here. I have quite a few late 80's to around 1996 Macworld/Macuser magazines. When you look at those advertisements it allmost makes you break out the pocketbook to buy the stuff.
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2011-01-11 06:24:50
MacUser was a FAR more useful magazine in terms of technology, MacWorld never came close, MacAddict did. If you wanted balanced coverage of the Mac/PC continuum, BYTE or PC Magazine (for the most part) were the places to go, IMHO.

I've kept the most useful of both MW & MU, including Monitor & Accelerator comparison tables, anybody interested in seeing those?

;D 😱)

Posted by: beachycove on 2011-01-11 08:48:11
... Macworld/Macuser magazines. When you look at those advertisements it allmost makes you break out the pocketbook to buy the stuff.
Yes, I think that was the point of them.

But they do make the old gear sort of delicious still, don't they? The nice thing about it for me is that I actually have a good deal of the stuff, whereas back then I could only drool over it.

Monitor & Accelerator comparison tables, anybody interested in seeing those
Oh yes!
Posted by: trag on 2011-01-11 13:03:44
I've kept the most useful of both MW & MU, including Monitor & Accelerator comparison tables, anybody interested in seeing those?
Another 'Yes' vote here. I found those video card comparisons amongst some of the most useful stuff the magazines produced.
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2011-01-11 13:18:40
OK, I've got the next couple of days off, I'll see what I can get up quickly. [😉] ]'>

Gotta save some hackin' time for the days the grlf is working though! :approve:

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