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Help identifying Lapis SE/30 video card
Posted by: mmaseda on 2026-06-22 11:08:49 Can someone please help me identify which Lapis video card this is. I picked it up in a SE/30 I just got locally on Facebook marketplace. I don’t want to power it up until I can replace those tantalum capacitors. Thanks in advance, Manuel
Posted by: Phipli on 2026-06-22 13:09:22 I don’t want to power it up until I can replace those tantalum capacitors. I wouldn't overly worry. Sometimes they fail if they've been damaged, or if they're damp, but they're mostly ok? Identification would help if someone hadn't peeled the ROM version and board version sticker off 😆 Looks like a ProColorServer 24 possibly? https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/se-30-with-procolorserver-graphics-card.37794/
Posted by: Phipli on 2026-06-22 13:13:18 Do you have the video out cable that goes with it?
Posted by: aladds on 2026-06-22 13:44:49 If you don't, or for anyone else who is without the cable, these are the notes I made when repairing a similar lapis card for someone. I'd do some basic checking with a multimeter before connecting anything to it, though, just in case it's different for some reason (although the connector used is identical)
Posted by: mmaseda on 2026-06-22 14:58:03 Do you have the video out cable that goes with it? Yes
Posted by: mmaseda on 2026-06-22 15:09:47 If you don't, or for anyone else who is without the cable, these are the notes I made when repairing a similar lapis card for someone. I'd do some basic checking with a multimeter before connecting anything to it, though, just in case it's different for some reason (although the connector used is identical) Thanks, I have the cable. I wouldn't overly worry. Sometimes they fail if they've been damaged, or if they're damp, but they're mostly ok? Identification would help if someone hadn't peeled the ROM version and board version sticker off 😆 Looks like a ProColorServer 24 possibly? https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/se-30-with- [EMBED content="thread-37794"][/embed] I wouldn't overly worry. Sometimes they fail if they've been damaged, or if they're damp, but they're mostly ok? Identification would help if someone hadn't peeled the ROM version and board version sticker off 😆 Looks like a ProColorServer 24 possibly? https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/se-30-with-procolorserver-graphics-card.37794/ Well I went ahead and plugged it in. No caps blew. Ran TattleTech and it is indeed a ProColorServer 24. Thanks again.
Posted by: Phipli on 2026-06-22 15:17:16 Well I went ahead and plugged it in. No caps blew. Ran TattleTech and it is indeed a ProColorServer 24. Thanks again. Fancy card - lots of colours and high resolution. Looks like there is room for more VRAM too. I think it probably has 1.5MB of VRAM as it is, but might have the capability to go to 2MB. There's me thinking I was lucky to find an 8bit 1024*768 card 😆
Posted by: Arbee on 2026-06-22 18:04:52 I think I've mentioned this before, but these Lapis cards are wild - they reconfigure the FPGA in order to switch modes and color depths.
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