AppleDisplay Card 4•8
The Apple Display Card 4•8 was a NuBus graphics expansion card developed by Apple for its Macintosh II family of personal computers in the late 1980s. This card significantly enhanced display capabilities, allowing professional users to achieve higher resolutions with true color (24-bit,…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 1989
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- The Apple Display Card 4•8 was created to address the limitations of early Macintosh II video configurations, which often came with insufficient VRAM to display millions of colors (24-bit) at usable resolutions or high resolutions with broad 8-bit color. It enabled graphic designers and desktop publishers to work with photo-realistic images directly on their screens, eliminating the need for costly external systems or compromises in color fidelity.
- Platforms
- Macintosh II series, Macintosh Quadra series (NuBus slots)
Related technologies
Notable users
- Desktop publishers
- Engineers (CAD users)
- Graphic designers
- Pre-press professionals
- Multimedia developers