HELP! Identify my Video Card!

[lukecb]

I have an Avid Macintosh computer probably 5-6 years old. It has a very large dual video card. The only writing I see anywhere is PCI/Janus Gasket on the connector. It has a 15 pin and a 26 pin input. On one card the words Truevision are printed. Any other ways to help me identify this card would be great! Thanks

[EvilRick]

From a little Google, it looks like Janus is the manufacturer of the card. It also looks like this is a rather pricey machine, or at one time it was. Used for big-time editing.

Anyway, you might have to remove the card and look at the chips on it to really identify it. Not being an "avid" Mac user, I don't know if they have utilities to help you identify their hardware or not.

[lukecb]

I have it out - what should I be looking for - I am a rookie!

[EvilRick]

I'm guessing Mac hardware is built like PC hardware. I've never messed w/ a Mac, so I don't really know.

There should be some IC chips on it. Look at the numbers and use Google. That's what most everybody else here does. There might be one that's larger than all the rest. That's the one you want to concentrate on as that's probably the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).

If you've got a digi-cam, pics might help as well.

[lukecb]

i have pics - how can i post them

[RobRich]

Click post reply, then scroll down and click manage attachments.

[lukecb]

Here is a link to the pics

http://www.msu.edu/~brownluk/vc/vc.htm

[Peter M]

There's no picture of the component side of the board that has the connectors. That would have been the interesting bit

[lukecb]

try these pics

http://www.msu.edu/brownluk/vc2/vc2.htm

[doddsy]

AVID PCI JANUS TRUEVISION VIDEO CARD.

pretty sure thats what you have. ............but can't find any specs.....yet.

the last link you posted does not work

[Dominic42]

when i read truevision i thought radius, you may want to look on there site. at one time that was a hell of a card taking up twp pci slots. is this out of a 9500 or 8500?

[lukecb]

out of a 9600

[CMP 2003]

omg, that is the biggest freakin video card/s i have ever seen.

since the Truevision logo was printed on the circuit board, it looked pretty obvious that truevision makes it


a simple google search can get most of the info u need these days...thank God for seach engines

[geobot]

http://support01.avid.com/support/Pr...9?OpenDocument

[lukecb]

thanks for your help. i am really trying to sell this thing probably on ebay. do you guys think there may be any buyers and what price would be fair?

[ABitterConscious]

Oh My Gosh I Didn't Know Cards Were That Big! Dude Thats Huge!

[Peter M]

Duh, the interesting board is sandwiched. I would have liked to see the primary layer of the-board-with-the-connectors.

[lukecb]

Peter and others here are more pics - fixed the link

http://www.msu.edu/~brownluk/vc2/vc2.htm

[Peter M]

I saw them, I figured the mistake in the original link. One of the boards is a sandwich, so we didn't get to see the components on it yet, only the backsides of the two layers. That's what I meant.