RasterOps 8L

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Physical Specs and Compatibility

The RasterOps 8L is a 12" NuBus card compatible with 680x0-based NuBus Macs running up to Mac OS 7.5.1.

Acceleration/Resolution/Color Support

The card provides standard QuickDraw acceleration and supports the following resolution/color combinations:

640 x 480 up to 24-bit
832 x 624 up to 24-bit
1024 x 768 (60 Hz or 75 Hz) up to 24-bit

Software

RasterOps video card drivers can be downloaded from the Mac Driver Museum, where ShrinkWrap disk images are available for RasterOps Graphics Install v3.2 and v3.3, MoviePak, MoviePak2, and VideoTime.

Other Notes

Resolution is set by DIP switches on the card.

DIP switch settings

Switch 2   Switch 3    Resolution   Refresh
  off         off        1024 x 768     75 Hz
  off          on         800 x 600     67 Hz
   on         off         640 x 480     67 Hz
   on          on        1024 x 768     60 Hz

Switch 1 isn't connected or at least doesn't do anything.

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