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Hack an iMac DV for spanning?
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weddoes
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Oct 24, 2001, 11:41 AM
 
I work for a non-profit as a graphic designer and I work on an iMac DV 400. We don't have the money for me to work on a PowerMac or a TiBook.

I am dying from palette overload on this 15" screen and was wondering if anyone had heard of a way to hack the video. Is this just a stupid question? Can I just replace the video card?

Thanks.
     
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Oct 24, 2001, 02:07 PM
 
Originally posted by weddoes:
<STRONG>I work for a non-profit as a graphic designer and I work on an iMac DV 400. We don't have the money for me to work on a PowerMac or a TiBook.

I am dying from palette overload on this 15" screen and was wondering if anyone had heard of a way to hack the video. Is this just a stupid question? Can I just replace the video card?

Thanks.</STRONG>
The video chip is capable of this, I believe.
I think the magic here is done in the driver for the graphics chip- Who do you know who can code a driver - for os 9? for OS X?
(drivers for OS X may be easier, because developer documentation is more readily available.)
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weddoes  (op)
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Oct 24, 2001, 02:54 PM
 
Apple's documentation says that spanning is not possible with the current chip. I don't really think that I know anyone capable of writing a driver for me. Can anyone recommend any sites that might have some info on this problem? I have researched it a lot myself. By the way, I am running OS 9.1.

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