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Need help identifying this card
Posted by: crazyben on 2023-08-13 11:01:09
IMG_8990.jpegthis card came with mac iici. Any idea what kind of card this is?
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-08-13 11:09:44
View attachment 60520this card came with mac iici. Any idea what kind of card this is?
RasterOps ClearView II, it's a display card.
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-08-13 11:13:22
Looks to be greyscale 1024x768.
Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2023-08-13 11:21:56
That would have been one of the first cards for DTP-use on a 20+" monitor on a Mac II onwards.
The RasterOps drivers can be found here:
For System 6
For System 7.x

RasterOps Graphics System Software 1.68 - Macintosh Garden

This is a package of software from RasterOps containing: RasterOps Drivers INIT 1.4 RasterOps Monitor Extension INIT 1.68 Accelerator CDEV 3.02 Video Capture Photoshop Plugin 1.5 ScreenShift app + INIT 1.5 SyncCamera app 1.5 Graphics System Software 1.68 Release Notes March 26, 1993 [...] What’s...
macintoshgarden.org macintoshgarden.org
Posted by: crazyben on 2023-08-13 11:25:50
Thank you. What kind of monitor can I use with this card? I have apple 2 and apple 3 composite monitors. And 14” color plus on the way.
Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2023-08-13 11:44:45
It very much depends on the refresh rate, I should think.
It was almost certainly made with a specific monitor in mind from RasterOps.
You could try an old 4:3 LCD monitor and see what luck you have. I like the ones from Eizo.
Try looking up PDFs of old Mac magazines from 1988-1989 and look for reviews of this particular card.

This Reddit-thread came up when I did a search for it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageApple/comments/vursgq

The RasterOps site on archive.org may only yield worthwhile results:
Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2023-08-13 11:47:46
Yours is the CV II listed near the bottom.

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Posted by: Phipli on 2023-08-13 12:06:49
Yours is the CV II listed near the bottom.

View attachment 60537
Oh dear, it's Monochrome TTL, i.e black and white and high voltage. I'd just find another card.

You'd need to make a custom adapter.
Posted by: crazyben on 2023-08-13 12:10:33
I am going to use the main board video output port. I was just curious what this was. Now the question is this card rare? Worth collecting?
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