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That dependent entirely on what video card you used; Radius, RasterOps, and others were doing full 24-bit video on the Mac II in 1988-89 on two-page displays. Y
by eschaton 5y ago
That dependent entirely on what video card you used; Radius, RasterOps, and others were doing full 24-bit video on the Mac II in 1988-89 on two-page displays. Yes, the video card and monitor each cost about $3000 at the time, to install into your $8000 Mac II or IIx, but they were broadly compatible (not needing drivers for particular applications) and were commonly used in print & publishing.
- Jedd 5y agoSure, but we went from 'as a kid in a computer store in 1987' to 'if you waited a few years, and stumped up an order of magnitude more money, you could buy something nearly as good from Apple and another company'. That rough timeframe would see the Toaster arriving in the Amiga world, which would put the Apple offerings even further back in comparison. Woz is / was a legend, but I'm certainly no Apple Inc apologist, so my reaction to a story about what made the Amiga so great is a bit different, I guess.