E-Machines Futura II SX
The E-Machines Futura II SX is a 7" NuBus card compatible with 68K-
and PowerPC-based Macs running up to System 8.1.
Details
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 (at 75 Hz) up to 8-bit
E-Machines Futura cards have a rotary switch for setting the
resolution. The following is a list of switch settings. This setting is
overridden when using a supported monitor with Apple's sense
coding.
resolution refresh monitors
1 832 x 624 67 Hz T16
2 1024 x 808 71 Hz T19/TX
3 640 x 480 60 Hz any VGA
4 1024 x 768 60 Hz any XVGA
5 832 x 624 75 Hz T16a-E16
6 1024 x 768 75 Hz E16, SuperMac 19", others
7 640 x 480 67 Hz E16, others
8 1024 x 768 75 Hz RasterOps 19", others
C 13"/16" Dual Resolution E16
D 16"/19" Dual Resolution T16II/E16
E 19"/21" Dual Resolution T19II
F 16"/21" Dual Resolution T16II
Notes
- ROM versions below 1.1 may have problems with Power Macintosh
systems. If anyone has the Diagnostics Utility for determining ROM
version, contact me. Some Futura II SX cards have a socket for a DSP
daughter card upgrade. This upgrade is very similar to the DSP upgrade
available for the SuperMac Thunder/24
card. These versions also lack the rotary switch on the card used for
display configuration.
- Can also use a 10Base-T ethernet daughter card instead of the DSP
daughter card (on models with the connector for the DSP card).
Other Resources
Field Reports
"I wish to tell you that the machine in which I installed this card
is a Macintosh IIci with a Daystar Turbo
601 PPC upgrade card, so it can run Mac OS 8.1. It is working in a 640
x 480 resolution with millions of colors."
