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Recommended ROM version for Radius PrecisionColor 8•24X?
Posted by: wileyc on 2020-03-04 19:09:42
Hello,

We have two Radius PrecisionColor 8•24X cards (one in my 950, one in her 700 -- thanks, Jim!).  Mine came with ROM revision 1.2.1 (295-0005-04-A), and hers with 1.02 (295-0005-02-A).

To keep things consistent, I burned a 27c256 with 1.2.1 and put it into her card.  It's working well, but I'm wondering what the optimal ROM version for these cards is ... and where I can find an image.

Any advice?
Posted by: james_w on 2020-03-05 14:39:13
Not of help to you... but I saw another of your other posts about the 24X. Can you tell me why you favour it so much? I saw one for sale recently - should I own one too?!
Posted by: wileyc on 2020-03-05 17:12:58
A long time ago, in another lifetime, I did prepress at a small regional newspaper.  We used Quadra 950s with Radius cards, mostly 24X (except for the station that did the classifieds, which used a Radius mono two-page display).

So when I lucked into a 950 awhile back, I scrounged for a 24X because that's what I was used to.  Maybe it's not the best or the fastest, but I knew I could get 1024x768x24bpp out of it with zero heartache 🙂

Posted by: olePigeon on 2020-03-06 08:42:55
I'm partial to the Precision Color Pro 24X series, especially if you get one in the red or blue PCB.
Posted by: wileyc on 2020-03-08 07:09:45
I went ahead and made my Radius ROM images available at https://www.disavowed.jp/quadra/

I'll add more things as I come across them, in the hope that they'll be useful for others.
Posted by: olePigeon on 2020-03-10 08:53:20
@wileyc  Oooo, thank you.  I like to collect ROMs.  Backing up hardware is hard to do without the right gear.
Posted by: james_w on 2020-03-11 14:07:34
A long time ago, in another lifetime, I did prepress at a small regional newspaper.  We used Quadra 950s with Radius cards, mostly 24X (except for the station that did the classifieds, which used a Radius mono two-page display).

So when I lucked into a 950 awhile back, I scrounged for a 24X because that's what I was used to.  Maybe it's not the best or the fastest, but I knew I could get 1024x768x24bpp out of it with zero heartache 🙂


Oh nice! My first job after leaving secondary school was working pre-press. But it was at a big book publisher.

This was 2000, so we had G4 towers by then (IIRC).

I find the Radius 24 card naming scheme quite confusing, but always have my eyes out for a 24X or similar... one day!
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