My guess is a mirror card as well. I did some work on some PowerMac 5300/100 LCs back in the day that had something similar on it, though I seem to recall it hooking into the motherboard somewhere rather than an LC PDS slot. It's a shame it doesn't include a closeup of the one chip. I think I still have one of the things, could probably dig it out. It definitely wasn't a PDS card though, just a ribbon with a DA-15 plug on a little board and a connector on the other.
Scott Nate Raymond wrote: > Haven't seen that card before, but it can't be a typical LC PDS video > card, there's no graphics chip and supporting circuitry. It's got to > simply re-route video from somewhere else, and that connector on the > card looks like the same type that connects things like the MPEG-2 > hardware decoder Apple made for some of the LC series to the AV > circuitry in some of those systems... makes me wonder if this was > simply designed for schools so certain LC Macs could simply hardware > mirror internal video (for an all-in-one LC design) to an external > monitor, such as a projector, so a presentation could be made or a > class demonstration made. > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Ivan X <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I came across this odd-looking Apple LC PDS card on eBay. The seller > tentatively calls it a video card, presumably due to the DA-15 > connector, but it's not clear... And what's the internal connector > for? I can only guess that this a part that was preinstalled on some > LC or Performa models, but if so, then I don't know what it does. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190282938584 > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190282938584> > > I tried searching for the product number and came up with nothing. > > Does anyone know what this card is? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
