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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Rasterops 364 Colour Card | Posted by: Paul Knowler on 2020-06-25 15:45:27
Hi. I'm bringing my vintage SE/30 back to life after 25 years in the garage. I have a Rasterops 364 card fitted which I know is 640 x 480 but have no idea how to hook up an LCD display to receive the analogue signal. Can anyone point me to some advice? Many thanks.
| Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2020-06-25 17:04:09
First of all you need a DA-15 to VGA adapter and preferably one with dip-switches on it. I'm at work now, so I can't give you any model numbers of my ones.
Something like this would be good: https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-DB15-Male-Female-Switches/dp/B0016OC1J2
Next of all is the LCD monitor. These can be hit-and-miss, mostly because LCD monitors have a default frequency of 60MHz and monitors for Macs at the time supported higher frequencies (e.g. 75MHz). Many monitors support other frequencies.
Epson monitors have a good reputation. I have a 1024x768 Eizo monitor that runs adequately for 640x480 as driven by a Supermac Thunder card in my IIfx or from a Performa 475.
On another note, you probably left the PRAM battery inside your SE/30 all this time. I would that out of the SE/30 as soon as possible.
There have been far too many cases of these batteries rupturing and destroying the motherboard as a consequence. The shorthand for it is «Maxell Bomb».
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