List of expansion cards for Macintosh

Video Cards

NuBus

Apple

• Apple Macintosh Display Card 8-24 - 8/24-bit color, 1MB VRAM, may require sync-on-green
• Apple Macintosh Display Card 8-24 GC
• Apple Workstation/Portrait Video Card
• Apple Bungee Video Card - Appears to be a variant of the Apple Macintosh Display Card 8-24

E-Machines

• E-Machines DoubleColor SX
• E-Machines ColorLink Interface Card
• E-Machines 8 Plane Video Controller
• E-Machines Futura SX

MicroConversions

• MicroConversions 2124NB II - 24-bit color video card

Radius

• Radius PrecisionColor 8-24X - 24-bit color video card
• Radius PrecisionColor Pro 24X - 24-bit color video card
• Radius PrecisionColor 24Xp
• Radius DirectColor
• Radius DirectColor/GX
• Radius Pivot
• Radius Pivot II
• Radius Thunder IV GX
• Radius Thunder IV GX 1600
• Radius Accelerated 8-Bit Graphics I/F
• Radius Two Page Display
• Radius LeMans GT
• Radius Thunder 24/GT

RasterOps

• RasterOps 8L
• RasterOps ColorBoard 264
• RasterOps Color Board 364
• RasterOps 8/24 XLi
• RasterOps 24XLTV
• RasterOps PaintBoard Li
• RasterOps PaintBoard Prism
• RasterOps PaintBoard Prism GT

SuperMac

• SuperMac Color Card
• SuperMac Color Card 24
• SuperMac Spectrum/8
• SuperMac Spectrum/8 PDQ
• SuperMac Spectrum/8 Series II
• SuperMac Spectrum/8 Series III
• SuperMac Spectrum/8*24
• SuperMac Spectrum/8*24 PDQ
• SuperMac Spectrum/8*24 PDQ Plus
• SuperMac Spectrum/24 PDQ+
• SuperMac Spectrum/24 Series III
• SuperMac Spectrum/24 Series IV
• SuperMac Spectrum/24 Series V
• SuperMac Spectrum Power 1152
• SuperMac Monochrome Video Card
• SuperMac Thunder/8
• SuperMac Thunder/24
• SuperMac Thunder II
• SuperMac Thunder II GX

Other

• Formac ProNitron 80.21
• Formac ProLegend GA
• Micron Xceed NB6-48
• Sonnet Sonata Pro 24

030 PDS

• Micron Xceed Color 30 - whole kit allows SE/30 to display 256 grays on original CRT, plus 8-bit color on external monitor
• Micron Xceed SE - external video kit for Macintosh SE/30
• Interware VDR-2A - for Macintosh SE/30
• Interware GrandVimage 24-16s
• E-Machines Z21-SE/30
• RasterOps ColorBoard 264/SE30 - for Macintosh SE/30
• Lapis ProColorServer PDS/30 - for Macintosh SE/30

LC PDS

• Formac ProLegend PDS
• Interware GrandVimage 24-16L
• MicroConversions 1724PD - 24-bit color video card
• XCEED Color Fusion - Accelerated video card for LC based PDS
• Lapis ProColorServer 8-16
• Radius Color Pivot LC

SE PDS

• DisplayServer SE
• Micrographic Images Megascreen 3
• MegaGraphics MegaScreen for Macintosh SE

PCI

3dfx

• 3dfx VoodooMAC 5500 PCI

ATI

• ATI Radeon 7000
• ATI Radeon Mac Edition
• ATI Rage 128 PCI
• ATI Xclaim VR PCI

Formac

• Formac ProFormance
• Formac ProFormance 80 - 250
• Formac ProFormance 3
• Formac ProMedia
• Formac ProVision 2
• Formac ProVision 4
• Formac ProMedia 40 Plus

Radius

• Radius Thunder 3D PCI
• Radius PrecisionColor 8/1600
• Radius ThunderColor 30/1600

Other

• IXMicro Twin Turbo 128
• IXMicro ix3D Ultimate Rez
• Village Tronic MacPicasso 540

Compatibility Cards

SE PDS

• AST Mac86 - DOS compatibility card for Macintosh SE

NuBus

• AST Mac286 - provided an 80286 PC to NuBus based Macs
• OrangePC 340 - provided an 80486 or 5x86 processor for NuBus Macs
• OrangePC 290

LC PDS

• Apple IIe Card - allows LC models to run Apple II software via external disk drive

601 PDS

• DOS Compatibility card - see Power Macintosh 6100 for more information

PCI

• Apple PC Compatibility Card - generally featured a Pentium class CPU for PCI Macs
• OrangePC 620 - from Orange Micro
• OrangePC 540 - from Orange Micro
• OrangePC 520 - from Orange Micro
• OrangePC 440 - from Orange Micro
• OrangePC 420 - from Orange Micro
• Orange Micro PCfx!
• OrangePC 550
• OrangePC 530

CPU Accelerator Cards

NuBus

• Radius Rocket
• Radius Rocket Stage II

LC PDS

• Applied Engineering TransWarp 4300
• MicroMac Speedster040 - Provides a Motorola 68040 for the Macintosh LC and Macintosh LC II.
• MicroMac Thunder - Provides a Motorola 68030 at 32MHz for the Macintosh LC and Macintosh LC II.
• MicroMac ThunderCache - Combines the MicroMac Thunder with 32KB of cache for the Macintosh LC and Macintosh LC II.
• MicroMac ThunderCachePro - Adds 4 RAM slots to the MicroMac ThunderCache for up to 26MB total system memory.
• Sonnet Presto LC - Provides Motorola 68040 upgrade for LCs.

030 PDS

• Applied Engineering QuickSilver - Provides cache for the Macintosh IIsi and acts as a right-angle PDS adapter.
• DayStar Turbo 601 - PowerPC upgrade for 030 based PDS.
• MicroMac Carrera040 - Uses PDS or optional direct CPU socket connection for the Macintosh IIcx and Macintosh IIx.
• MicroMac DiiMO 030 - Uses PDS for a number of Macintosh II models but also includes Macintosh LC III and others with adapter.

040 PDS

• Apple PowerPC 601 Card - Upgrades systems such as the Macintosh Quadra 700 to a PowerPC 601.
• MicroMac Quadra Cache Card - Provides 128KB cache via 040 PDS for systems such as Macintosh Quadra 700.
• DayStar PowerPro 601 - PowerPC 601 upgrade for Quadra PDS, also requires NuBus
• DayStar PowerPro 601 PDS - PowerPC 601 upgrade using only PDS
• Formac ProQuadra 50 - Provides a 50MHz 040 for systems such as the Macintosh Quadra 700

601 PDS

• MicroMac 604 PowerBoy - Provides a PowerPC 604 processor to the Power Macintosh 6100

SE PDS

• Radius SE Accelerator - Upgrade for the Macintosh SE providing a Motorola 68020 CPU.
• Applied Engineering TransWarp SE - Motorola 68030 upgrade for the Macintosh SE.
• MicroMac MMXL99 SE-PL-CL - Motorola 68030 upgrade for the Macintosh SE.
• Total Systems Mercury 030 Plus/SE - Motorola 68030 upgrade for the Macintosh SE and potentially other models.

IIci/IIvi/IIvx Slot

• DayStar PowerCache 030 - Provides cache and faster 030 CPU for the Macintosh IIci cache slot.
• DayStar Turbo 040 - Provides a Motorola 68040 CPU. Also available with NuBus or PDS adapters for other Mac models.
• Sonnet Presto 040 - Provides a Motorola 68040 CPU for the Macintosh IIci
• DiiMOCache 50MHz Accelerator - Provides a faster Motorola 68030 CPU for the Macintosh IIci cache slot
• Fusion Data Systems TokaMac
• Mobius Speedster

CPU Daughtercard

• Sonnet Crescendo G3 - Plugs into existing CPU slot on systems such as Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh.
• PowerLogix PowerForce G3
• Sonnet Crescendo/PCI G3 - for PCI PowerMacs
• Interex XLR8 MACh Speed 604e - for PCI PowerMacs

Direct Socket

• DayStar SE/30 PowerCache - Motorola 68030 upgrade card for the Macintosh SE/30 via CPU socket.
• MicroMac Performer - Provides Motorola 68030 at 16MHz for Macintosh Plus and Macintosh Classic via CPU socket.
• MicroMac PerformerPro - Provides Motorola 68030 at 32MHz for Macintosh Plus and Macintosh Classic via CPU socket.
• MicroMac SpeedDoubler040 - Doubles the speed of the Macintosh Quadra 700 and Macintosh Quadra 900 via CPU socket.
• Sonnet QuadDoubler 50 - Plugs into the Motorola 68040 CPU socket and offers up to 50MHz.
• Dove Plus 030 - Seems to attach over the existing CPU of a Macintosh Plus and offers a Motorola 68030 at 20MHz.
• DayStar PowerCard 601 - PowerPC 601 upgrade for 68040 socket
• Sonnet Encore G4
• Radius Accelerator - Provides Motorola 68020 upgrade for most likely the Macintosh Plus via CPU socket
• Brainstorm Accelerator - For the Macintosh Plus
• Apple Macintosh Processor Upgrade - PowerPC 601 for the MC68040 socket

ROM Slot

• Newer Technology Variable Speed Overdrive - CPU overclock kit which utilizes the ROM slot

Graphics Accelerator Cards

NuBus

• Avid Janus Board - some sort of JPEG accelerator
• Avid Python II - some sort of JPEG accelerator
• SuperMac Storm Tech DSP - accelerator for some graphics applications
• RasterOps Accelerator II
• Adaptive Solutions PowerShop - Photoshop accelerator

PCI

• Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card
• Adaptive Solutions Powershop PCI

Multimedia/AV Cards

NuBus

• SuperMac DigitalFilm - video editing system to be used with breakout box
• Truevision NuVista - some sort of video editing / presentation card
• Digital Vision ComputerEyes/Pro - Video input card
• Pro AudioSpectrum 16 NuBus - Macintosh version of the Pro AudioSpectrum 16
• SuperMac Spigot NuBus
• Radius VideoVision Studio
• Lapis L-TV Pro NuBus
• Digidesign Sound Accelerator II
• Digidesign SampleCell

LC PDS

• Lapis L-TV Pro - TV/video card for LC systems
• SuperMac VideoSpigot LC
• SuperMac Simply TV

PCI

• Radius VideoVision PCI

Network Cards

SE PDS

• Asante MacCon+SEE
• Asante MacCon+SEET

LC PDS

• Asante MacCon MCiLC-10T
• Farallon EtherWave LC

030 PDS

• EMacSE30C - Ethernet card for the Macintosh SE/30 and the Macintosh IIsi
• Kinetics EtherPort SE - Ethernet card for the Macintosh SE/30
• DaynaPORT E/si30 - As the model name suggests, this should work in both the Macintosh IIsi and Macintosh SE/30.
• Asante MacCon+ 30i - Ethernet card for the Macintosh SE/30 and the Macintosh IIsi
• EMAC SpeedLink/SE30 - Ethernet card for the Macintosh SE/30
• Asante MacRing IIsi

NuBus

Asante

• Asante MacRing NB 16/4 - Token ring card by Asante
• Asante MacCon NuBus
• Asante MacCon 3 NuBus
• AsanteFAST 10/100 NuBus

Apple

• Apple Ethernet NB Twisted-Pair Card - Ethernet card
• Apple Ethernet NB Card - Ethernet with AAUI port
• Apple EtherTalk NB Card
• Apple Token Ring 4/16 NB Card

Other

• DaynaPORT E/II-3 - Ethernet card from Dayna Communications
• 3Com EtherLink/NB - Ethernet card from 3Com
• Shiva Etherport-II - Ethernet card with BNC/AUI
• Novell Etherport IINL
• CNet Technology CN460E - Ethernet card
• Tri-Data Mac II Ethernet Interface
• Farallon EtherWave NuBus
• Harmonix Hi-Card/M8 - ISDN card
• CMS Calling Card 2400BMI Internal Modem
• Sonic Systems EtherFE 10/100 NuBus
• Avatar Mac II Ethernet Interface
• Codenoll CodeNet 9550
• Cabletron E6110-X
• Macsense E440
• Leaf Systems MAC LAN Board

PCI

• Farallon 10/100 PCI NIC

Misc Cards

NuBus

• Applied Engineering QuadraLink - 4 port serial card for NuBus Macs
• FWB SCSI JackHammer - SCSI controller
• PLI QuickSCSI - SCSI controller
• Sigma Designs LVA-M2
• Creative Solutions HQS - Four Channel Serial Interface
• Macintosh II PC Drive Card
• Apple Serial NB Card
• ATTO SiliconExpress IV - SCSI controller
• ATTO SiliconExpress II
• Golden Triangle Computers DiskTwin
• Motorola Mac II ADS Interface
• MicroNet NuPORT II

SE PDS

• Macintosh SE-Bus PC Drive Card - for connecting DOS/PC 5.25" drive

030 PDS

• Apple Macintosh IIsi 030 Direct Slot Adapter Card - for using expansion cards in the Macintosh IIsi
• SuperMac Dual PDS Adapter - for connecting two PDS cards into a single slot

040 PDS

• Apple Workgroup Server PDS Card - SCSI controller for Apple UNIX (A/UX)

PCI

• Orange Micro Grappler SCSI 940UW
• Orange Micro Grappler SCSI 906F

Direct Board Attachments

• MacSnap - Attaches directly to the Macintosh 512K board to provide additional memory.
• MacSnap SCSI - Attaches directly to the Macintosh 512K board to provide SCSI.
• MicroMac Speedy - Kit which connects to the clock oscillator for adjusting the CPU clock speed. Supports multiple models.
• Mac Rescue - Attaches to the Macintosh 512K board (possibly 128K as well) and appears to offer CPU/RAM/SCSI though still a Motorola 68000
• Mac's-a-Million - RAM upgrade board for systems such as the 128K/512K by Sophisticated Circuits

See Also

• Apple Computer

Peripheral Component Interconnect

Small Computer System Interface