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- 4 MB 80 ns RAM on board (eight DIP chips)
- expandable to 8 MB with the Add-4 Board via the 62 pin expansion port
- optional PLCC FPU, 68881 / 68882 @ 14, 20 - 40 MHz
- without an oscillator the FPU can run only at 14 MHz
- with a suitable oscillator installed, it can run between 20 and 40 MHz
- battery backed up clock - it was optional on earlier revisions
Board with clock, front side
Board without clock, front side
Board without clock, back side
Board with clock, front side
Board with clock, back side
Advert (DE)
1993-04 Advert (DE)
1993-06 Advert (DE)
1993-10
processor
- 68EC020 @ 28 MHz QFP
- optional PLCC FPU, 68881 @ 14 MHz - 68882 @ 40 MHz
memory
- 4 MB 70 ns RAM on board (eight DIP chips)
- expandable to 8 MB with special Add-4 Board
notes
- disable switch
- battery backed up clock
front side
back side
Advert (DE)
1994-05 Advert (DE)
1995-04 Advert (DE)
1995-08
processor
- 68EC030 @ 40 MHz, QFP
- optional FPU, PLCC and PGA sockets - can be clocked synchronously or asynchronously with the 68030 up to 50 MHz
memory
- two 72 pin SIMM sockets accept 64 MB RAM
- supports 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 MB SIMMs
- hardware maprom - no need for MMU
notes
- optional Fast SCSI 2 controller (FAS216) with DB25 external connector, supported by NetBSD and OpenBSD
- battery backed up clock
front side
back side
Advert (DE)
1993-10
processor
- 68EC030 @ 40 MHz or 68030 @ 50 MHz PGA
- optional FPU, PLCC and PGA sockets - can be clocked synchronously or asynchronously with the 68030 up to 50 MHz
memory
- two 72 pin SIMM sockets accept 64 MB RAM
- supports 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 MB SIMMs
- hardware maprom - no need for MMU
notes
- optional Fast SCSI 2 controller (FAS216) with DB25 external connector, supported by NetBSD and OpenBSD
- battery backed up clock
front side
back side
Blizzard SCSI Kit II, front side
Advert (DE)
1994-05
processor
- 68EC030 @ 40 MHz or 68030 @ 50 MHz PGA
- optional 68882 @ 25 / 33 / 50 MHz PGA
memory
- one 72 pin SIMM socket accepts 32 MB RAM
- hardware maprom
notes
- optional Fast SCSI 2 controller ()
- battery backed up clock
front side
back side
Advert (DE)
1995-04
processor
- 68030 @ 50 MHz PGA
- optional 68882 @ 50 MHz PGA
memory
- one 72 pin SIMM socket accepts up to 128 MB, 60-70 ns RAM
- maprom selectable by jumper
- automatic RAM size detection
optional Fast SCSI 2 DMA controller ()
- 7 MB/s asynchronous, 10 MB/s synchronous transfer speed
- additional 72 pin SIMM socket accepts up to 128 MB RAM
- external DB25 female SCSI connector
- supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
notes
- can be disabled with a simple keystroke
- battery backed up clock
front side
front side
back side
Advert (DE)
1995-08 Advert (DE)
1996-05 Advert (DE)
1996-09
processor
- 68040 @ 40 MHz / 68060 @ 50 MHz
- the 68040s are recycled from used Macs
memory
- one 72 pin SIMM socket accepts up to 64 MB RAM, 70 ns or faster
- only single sided SIMMs fit
- automatic SIMM size detection
- maprom selectable by jumper
optional Fast SCSI 2 DMA controller ()
- 7 MB/s asynchronous, 10 MB/s synchronous transfer speed
- additional 72 pin SIMM socket accepts 128 MB RAM
- external DB25 female SCSI connector
- supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
notes
- can be disabled with a simple keystroke, including SCSI and RAM
- battery backed up clock
- incompatible with the Squirrel SCSI interface and with the Mikronik towers
front side
front side
front side
back side
Advert (DE)
1995-08 Advert (DE)
1996-05 Advert (DE)
1996-09
processor
- 68040 @ 40 MHz / 68060 @ 50 MHz
- the 68040s are recycled from used Macs
memory
- four 72 pin SIMM sockets accept 128 MB RAM
- supports 4, 8, 16, 32 MB SIMMs, 70 ns or faster
- fully autoconfiguring
- maprom selectable by jumper
Fast SCSI 2 DMA controller
- 7 MB/s asynchronous, 10 MB/s synchronous transfer speed
- 50 pin internal header
- 50 pin external connector
- supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
notes
- 68000 fallback mode selectable with a simple keystroke at startup - works only with rev. B A2000s
- Blizzard 2040 ERC boards with SN# A400001 - A400094 were delivered with a defective DiagROM
- the 68040 processor is recognized as 68LC040 or 68EC040
- boards with these serial numbers had to be sent back to Phase5 to obtain a new DiagROM set including a new SCSI driver
front side
back side
front side
front side
back side
back side
Advert (DE)
1995-08 Advert (DE)
1996-05 Advert (DE)
1996-09
processor
- 68030 @ 40 / 50 MHz PGA
- optional PGA FPU up to 68882 @ 50 MHz
notes
- no memory option - but it has faster motherboard RAM access than that of the A3640
front side
back side
Advert (DE)
1994-05 Advert (DE)
1995-04
- 68000 @ 14 MHz, QFP
- 2 MB RAM
- sixteen 1M×1, 70 ns SOJ chips
- connects into the 68000 socket
- the board was never released
front side
back side
processor
- PowerPC 603e @ 160 / 200 / 240 MHz
- 68LC040 or 68040 @ 25 MHz or 68060 @ 50 MHz
- can be ordered without a 680x0 companion CPU to fit an existing one into the socket
- 50, 60 or 66 MHz PowerPC bus
memory
- two 72 pin SIMM sockets accept 256 MB RAM
- supports 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 MB, 60 or 70 ns SIMMs
- automatic SIMM size detection
- SIMM sizes can be mixed but must have the same access speed
- 32 bit RAM access - the 64 bit access mode of the 603e is not utilized
notes
- 603e Plus has Fast SCSI2 controller (NCR 53C710)
- MiniDB50 internal, Centronics 50HD external SCSI connector
- expansion slot for the BlizzardVision PPC
- FlashROM for the PPC startup software
- can be disabled with a simple keystroke
- supported by Linux
front side
front side
back side
back side
SCSI controller
- the optional Fast SCSI 2 DMA controller for the Blizzard 1230 III processor card
- Qlogic FAS408 controller IC
- external DB25 SCSI connector
front side
front side
back side
SCSI controller
- the optional Fast SCSI 2 DMA controller for the Blizzard 1230 IV and Blizzard 1240/1260 processor cards
- Qlogic FAS216 controller IC
- 7 MB/s asynchronous, 10 MB/s synchronous transfer speed
- additional 72 pin SIMM socket accepts up to 128 MB RAM
- external DB25 female SCSI connector
- supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
with cable, front side
front side
back side
front side
memory
- sixteen DIP sockets accept 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 8 MB RAM
- supports 256k×4 or 1M×4, 100 ns DIPs
- accepts DIPs in groups of four
- DIP sizes can be mixed
Shadow RAM
- optional 512 kB SRAM for Kickstart remapping
- four DIP sockets for 256k×4 chips
notes
- connects to the 68000's socket
- software switchable 7 MHz fallback mode
front side
front side
back side
Advert (DE)
1992-10 Advert (DE)
1993-04 Advert (DE)
1993-06
RTG graphics card
- 3D Labs & Texas Instruments: Permedia 2
- 230 MHz RAMDAC
- 24 bit resolutions can be packed to achieve higher refresh rates and less memory usage but slows down graphics operations
- 145 MHz dot clock in 24 bit packed pixel modes
- 100 MHz in 32 bit modes
- 80 million textured 3D pixels per second
- hardware accelerated rendering functions: z-buffering, gouraud shading, fogging, blending, antialiasing
- support for color space conversion, chroma keying, XY scaling
- 25 MHz local PCI bus
- 8 MB 64 bit wide SGRAM
screen modes
- programmable resolutions
- no support for interlace screen modes
- 1280×1024×24 non-interlace
- 1600×1200×16 non-interlace
notes
- the CPU board requires a flash ROM update
- no support for draggable screens
- CyberGraphX 3 & 4.1 drivers
- 15 pin DSUB connector
- 4 pin 3D shutter glass connector
- a large hole gives access to the floppy power and LED cable headers on the motherboard but not the clock port
- no monitor switch
- supported by Linux
Phase 5 BlizzardVision PPC, front side
DCE BlizzardVision PPC, front side
DCE BlizzardVision PPC, back side
Phase 5 BlizzardVision PPC, back side
- BVisionPPC.pdf
user manual (english translation by Richard Donoghue)
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