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# Beta Version Quickstart
* You'll need to install the [PowerView Drivers](https://www.macintoshrepository.org/27766-powerview) on your Mac
* The current beta of the Powerview emulation takes over the HDMI output of the Raspberry Pi
** You won't be able to use the HDMI output for a console, so make sure you have SSH set up
** Make sure you're using a monitor/display with a resolution higher than 1024x768 (even though the PowerView can only display 800x600)
* The web interface will NOT work with this feature branch (yet)
* To use this branch, perform the following:
```
cd ~/RASCSI
git checkout feature_powerview
git pull
./easyinstall.sh
# After easyinstall is completed...
rasctl -c attach -i 4 -f powerview
# Currently, there is a special case in RaSCSI where it keys off the filename "powerview"
```
* I've never tried to emulate multiple PowerViews at the same time.
## Known limitations
* Only Black and White color depth works. Other color depths will result in a goofy looking display
* Debug text information is displayed below the window
* Random colors will fill some/all of the screen when starting/stopping RaSCSI and/or adding/removing the PowerView device
* There may be a 1 pixel wide "tail" to the right of the cursor
# Background
The Radius PowerView is an external graphics card built on a TMS34010 that has SCSI-in, SCSI-out, and then VGA and DB-15 connectors for you to hook up a PC or Mac monitor to it.
They were all powered by the TMS34010 CPU, a 32bit CPU/GPU hybrid designed by TI in 1986. They ran it at 6.25mhz.