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Company
Commodore, USA
Date
1991
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
1030 / 0
1004 / 245
    RTG graphics card
  • Texas Instruments TMS34010 @ 50 MHz
  • 2 MB RAM, sixteen 1M×1, 100 ns ZIP VRAMs
  • 1 MB video frame buffer, 0.75 MB program overlay, 0.25 MB overlay bitplanes
    screen modes
  • 256+3 colours from a 24 bit palette
  • screen modes - only two is available one time by installing the appropriate oscillators
    • 14.318 MHz - 512×512 interlace, quad buffering
    • 14.318 MHz - 640×400 interlace
    • 36 MHz - 800×600 non-interlace (default)
    • 44.9 MHz - 1024×768 interlace
    • 48 MHz - 1024×768 interlace
    • 67.88 MHz - 1024×768 non-interlace (default)
    • 80 MHz - 1024×1024 interlace
  • default is 800×600 and 1024×768 non-interlaced
  • software switching between the two clock sources
    notes
  • RS343 compatible video sync on green and / or separate TTL sync
  • programmable synchronization timing
  • HD15 connector
  • no video passthrough
  • originally built for A3000UX machines
  • intended to use its not very well developed TIGA system
  • CyberGaphX 2, 4.2 and EGS drivers
  • supported by NetBSD (except for X server) and OpenBSD
Commodore A2410 -  front side
front side
Commodore A2410 -  front side
front side
Commodore A2410 -  back side
back side
Commodore A2410 -  back side
back side

Company
Phase 5 Digital Products, Germany
Date
1996
Amiga
A2000
A3000, A4000

-
-
Interface
Zorro II
Zorro III
Autoconfig ID
8512 / 67
8512 / 50
    RTG graphics card
  • S3 ViRGE (PCI bus)
    • 135 MHz dot clock in 8 bit modes
    • 80 MHz @ 16 bit
    • 50 MHz @ 24 bit
    • 64 bit blitter
    • complex 3D functions
  • 25 MHz local PCI bus
  • 4 MB 64 bit page mode DRAM, eight chips
    screen modes
  • programmable resolutions
  • 1600×1200×8 non interlace
  • 1280×1024×16
  • 1024×768×24
    optional modules
  • monitor switch & scan doubler
    • allows using one monitor for Amiga and CyberVision modes
    • doubles native Amiga 15 kHz modes to 31 kHz
    • connects to the video slot in one line with the CyberVision
    • a small ribbon cable attaches the cards
    • HD15 VGA connector
  • MPEG decoder
    • realtime MPEG audio and video decoding in full size or in a Workbench window
    • dedicated line output jack
    notes
  • Zorro II / III autosensing
  • HD15 connector
  • CyberGraphX 3, 4 and Picasso96 drivers
  • supported by Linux and NetBSD
Phase 5 Digital Products CyberVision 64/3D -  front side
front side
Phase 5 Digital Products CyberVision 64/3D -  front side
front side
Phase 5 Digital Products CyberVision 64/3D -  back side
back side

Company
Phase 5 Digital Products, Germany
Date
1996
Amiga
A2000
A3000, A4000

-
-
Interface
Zorro II
Zorro III
Autoconfig ID
8512 /
    RTG graphics card
  • S3 ViRGE (PCI bus)
  • 25 MHz local PCI bus
  • 4 MB 64 bit page mode DRAM, eight chips
  • programmable resolutions
  • Zorro II / III autosensing
  • HD15 connector
Phase 5 Digital Products CyberVision 64/3D (prototype) -  front side
front side
Phase 5 Digital Products CyberVision 64/3D (prototype) -  back side
back side
Phase 5 Digital Products CyberVision 64/3D (prototype) -  front side
front side
Phase 5 Digital Products CyberVision 64/3D (prototype) -  back side
back side

Company
X-Pert Computer Services / Village Tronic, Germany
Date
1992
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
2162 / 1,2
2167 / 1,2
    RTG graphics card
  • the card has a standard ISA connector with a PC display card plugged into it
  • Tseng Labs ET4000
  • 1 MB RAM
    six predefined screen modes
  • 1280×1024 87 Hz interlaced, up to 16 colours from a 18 bit (262144) palette
  • 1152×900 60 Hz, up to 256 colours from 18 bit
  • 1120×832 65 Hz, up to 256 colours from 18 bit
  • 1024×768 70 Hz, up to 256 colours from 18 bit
  • 800×600 72 Hz, up to 32768 colours from a 15 bit (32768) palette
  • 640×480 81 Hz, up to 32768 colours from 15 bit
    notes
  • socket for monitor switcher
  • video passthrough connector
  • HD15 VGA connector
  • CyberGraphX 2, Picasso96, EGS and custom drivers
  • supported by NetBSD and OpenBSD
X-Pert Computer Services / Village Tronic Domino -  front side
front side
X-Pert Computer Services / Village Tronic Domino -  front side
front side
X-Pert Computer Services / Village Tronic Domino -  back side
back side

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Company
Great Valley Products, USA
Date
1992
Amiga
A2000
    RTG graphics card
  • Inmos G364 CLT-RAMDAC
    • 110 MHz pixel clock in 24 bit modes
    • up to 80 kHz horizontal frequency
    • up to 140 Hz vertical frequency
  • 4 or 8 MB VRAM - 25 ns serial access, 80 ns random access
  • the VRAM can be directly accessed by the 68030 or 68040 on the host Combo card
  • eight SIMM sockets accept only special 1 MB GVP VRAM-SIMMs in groups of four
  • 64 bit interleaved VRAM access
  • up to 440 MB/s graphics data bus bandwidth with interleave
  • max 576 MB/s blockwrite data bandwidth
  • 50 MB/s CPU bus bandwidth - higher in burst mode
  • double buffered true colour animations at 720×480 with 318 frames per second
  • 64×64 pixels built-in hardware cursor
    screen modes
  • 1600×1280×24
  • 3200×2560×8
    notes
  • connects to GVP G-Force Combo accelerators' 32 bit local bus
  • HD15 VGA connector
  • output control connector (mini DIN) for external monitor switch boxes
  • external composite video (blackburst) input (SMB connector) allowing the board's output to be synchronised with an external video signal
  • five BNC connectors
  • EGS driver
Great Valley Products EGS 110/24 -  front side
front side
Great Valley Products EGS 110/24 - EGS 110/24 on G-Force 040  front side
EGS 110/24 on G-Force 040, front side
Great Valley Products EGS 110/24 - EGS 110/24 on G-Force 040  front side
EGS 110/24 on G-Force 040, front side

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Company
Great Valley Products, USA
Date
1993
Amiga
A2000
A3000, A4000

-
-
Interface
Zorro II
Zorro III
Autoconfig ID
2193 / 1,2
    RTG graphics card
  • Cirrus Logic GD5426 or GD 5428 (VL bus)
    • 85 MHz in 8 bit modes
    • 45 MHz in 16 bit
    • 28 MHz in 24 bit
    • 15-75 kHz horizontal frequency
    • up to 200 Hz vertical frequency
  • 1 or 2 MB 70 ns DRAM
  • four 512 kB chips in SOJ package
    screen modes
  • 1600×1280×8 interlace
  • 1152×864×16 interlace
  • 800×600×24 non-interlace
    notes
  • video signal passthrough, automatic monitor switching
  • HD15 output and RB9 input connectors
  • Zorro II / III autosensing
  • does not work reliably with Buster rev. 9 - the Zorro II force option can be enabled in this case
  • Picasso96, CyberGraphX 2, 3 & 4 and EGS drivers
  • supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
Great Valley Products EGS 28/24 Spectrum -  front side
front side
Great Valley Products EGS 28/24 Spectrum -  back side
back side

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Company
DKB, USA
Date
1997
Amiga
A2000
    RTG graphics card
  • Cirrus Logic GD5446 (PCI bus)
    • 135 MHz dot clock in 8 bit modes
    • 85 MHz in 16 and 24 bit modes
  • 4 MB 45 ns EDO RAM
    screen modes
  • 1600×1280×16 interlace
  • 1280×1024×24 non-interlace
    notes
  • CyberGraphX 3 & 4 drivers

Company
X-Pert Computer Services / Prodev, Germany
Date
1993
Amiga
A2000
A3000, A4000

-
-
Interface
Zorro II
Zorro III
Autoconfig ID
2117 / 3,4,201
    RTG graphics card
  • Tseng Labs ET4000W32
    • 85 MHz dot clock in 8 bit modes
  • Brooktree Bt482 RAMDAC with hardware cursor
  • 2 or 4 MB DRAM
    • although the Merlin was advertised to support 8 or 16 MB, that would be possible with ET4000W32i or ET4000W32p chips only
    • only 2 MB is possible in Zorro II mode
  • two SIMM sockets for custom made SIMMs
    • 1× 2 MB, 32 bit (labeled as "2 MB 32 Bit")
    • 2× 2 MB, 16 bit (labeled as "2 MB")
    • 1× 4 MB, 32 bit, 60 ns
  • the clock speed of the blitter and memory can be selected with jumpers between 50-65 MHz (55 MHz is the default setting)
    optional video module, X-Calibur (Photo)
  • activates the S-VHS and Composite output connectors
  • provides RGB, S-VHS and Composite inputs on a separate slot cover
    • the RGB input is fake - the signal is converted to NTSC Y/C and then digitized
    • the ProDev digitizing software supports the Composite input only
  • provides up to 800×600 @ 16 bit
  • works only in Zorro II mode because the ET4000W32 does not support digitizing in its 32 bit mode
  • a switch is provided for easy switching between Z2 and Z3 modes (connects to the Z2/Z3 jumper)
    notes
  • a genlock module was developed but never sold
  • the design of Merlin was not finished when the card went into production, leading to many problems
    • compatibility problems with other Zorro cards
    • incompatibility with 060 processors
    • incompatibility with all GVP processor cards
    • reset problems
    • the small registers of the ET4000 chip led to problems with 24 bit screens larger than 680×576 (8 and bit screens have no problems)
  • X-Pert and ProDev both offered fixes but only ProDev's methods could cure all problems
  • Ingenieurbüro Riedel still offers fixing of problematic Merlin cards
  • HD15 VGA connector
  • S-VHS, RGB, F-BAS output connectors
  • automatic monitor switch and video pass through
  • every Amiga graphics function is supported except the Copper
  • if more than one screen is opened the next one can be seen through a window on the foremost screen
  • Picasso96, EGS and ProBench drivers
  • supported by NetBSD and OpenBSD
X-Pert Computer Services / Prodev Merlin - with RAM installed front side
with RAM installed, front side
X-Pert Computer Services / Prodev Merlin - Analogue Video Converter module front side
Analogue Video Converter module, front side
X-Pert Computer Services / Prodev Merlin -  back side
back side
X-Pert Computer Services / Prodev Merlin - no RAM installed front side
no RAM installed, front side
  • merlin-e.pdf
    Ingenieurbüro Riedel
    merlin hardware fix (incl. 060 fix)
    26 kB
  • merlin.pdf
    Ingenieurbüro Riedel
    Merlin Umbauanleitung (incl. 060-Fix)
    20 kB

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Company
ArMax, Germany
Date
1993
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II, ISA
Autoconfig ID
2181 / 0
    RTG graphics card
  • basically an ISA to Zorro bridging card, similar to the GoldenGate 2+
  • a standard PC display card occupies a second ISA slot
  • Tseng Labs ET4000AX
  • 1 MB RAM
    six predefined screen modes
  • 1280×1024 87 Hz interlaced, up to 16 colours from a 18 bit (262144) palette
  • 1152×900 60 Hz, up to 256 colours from 18 bit
  • 1120×832 65 Hz, up to 256 colours from 18 bit
  • 1024×768 70 Hz, up to 256 colours from 18 bit
  • 800×600 72 Hz, up to 32768 colours from a 15 bit (32768) palette
  • 640×480 81 Hz, up to 32768 colours from 15 bit
    notes
  • HD15 VGA connector
  • Picasso96 and custom drivers
  • supported by NetBSD and OpenBSD

Company
Village Tronic, Germany
Date
1993
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
2167 / 11,12,13
    RTG graphics card
  • Cirrus Logic GD5426 or GD5428
    • 85 MHz in 8 bit modes
    • 45 MHz in 16 bit
    • 28 MHz in 24 bit
  • 1 or 2 MB 45 or 60 ns DRAM
    • 1 MB (eight DIPs) soldered to board
    • eight DIP sockets for additional 1 MB
    • accepts 256k×4 DIPs, 45-80 ns
    screen modes
  • 1600×1280×8 interlace
  • 1152×864×16 interlace
  • 800×600×24 non-interlace
    optional video encoder module - Pablo (Photo)
  • FBAS and S-VHS outputs
  • only PAL compatible
  • 15 kHz overload protection
  • requires a time base corrector if used with a genlock
    notes
  • maps its memory directly into the Zorro II address space - speeds up manipulation of graphics memory but limits the amount of fast RAM to 6 MB
  • with 8 MB Zorro II fast RAM the board has to be run in segmented mode - lower performance
  • two 15 pin VGA connectors
  • automatic passthrough
  • Picasso96, CyberGraphX 2, 3 & 4, EGS and PicassoRTG drivers
  • supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
Village Tronic Picasso II - Rev 1.6 front side
Rev 1.6, front side
Village Tronic Picasso II - Rev 1.6 front side
Rev 1.6, front side
Village Tronic Picasso II - Rev 1.2 front side
Rev 1.2, front side
Village Tronic Picasso II - Rev 1.0 front side
Rev 1.0, front side
Village Tronic Picasso II - Rev 1.0 back side
Rev 1.0, back side
Village Tronic Picasso II - Rev 1.6 back side
Rev 1.6, back side
Village Tronic Picasso II - Rev 1.4 front side
Rev 1.4, front side
Village Tronic Picasso II - Rev 1.4 back side
Rev 1.4, back side

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Company
Village Tronic, Germany
Date
1996
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
2167 / 11,12,13
    RTG graphics card
  • Cirrus Logic GD5428
    • 30 MB/s blitter speed
    • 85 MHz in 8 bit modes
    • 45 MHz in 16 bit
    • 28 MHz in 24 bit
  • 2 MB 45 ns DRAM in four sockets
    screen modes
  • 1600×1280×8 interlace
  • 1152×864×16 interlace
  • 800×600×24 non-interlace
    optional video encoder module - Pablo
  • FBAS and S-VHS outputs
  • only PAL compatible
  • 15 kHz overload protection
  • brightness control
  • requires a time base corrector if used with a genlock
    notes
  • two 15 pin VGA connectors
  • automatic passthrough
  • DPMS support
  • Picasso96, CyberGraphX 2, 3 & 4, EGS and PicassoRTG drivers
  • supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
Village Tronic Picasso II+ -  front side
front side
Village Tronic Picasso II+ -  front side
front side
Village Tronic Picasso II+ -  back side
back side

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Company
Village Tronic, Germany
Date
1996
Amiga
A2000
A3000, A4000

-
-
Interface
Zorro II
Zorro III
Autoconfig ID
2167 / 21,22,23,24
    RTG graphics card
  • Cirrus Logic GD5446 (PCI bus)
    • 64 bit blitter
    • 180 MB/s fillspeed
    • videoscaling with interpolation
    • colourroom converting
    • picture in picture
    • 16 bit digital video port
    • 135 MHz in 8 bit modes
    • 85 MHz in 16 / 24 bit modes
    • 15.5 - 84 kHz horizontal frequency
    • 50 Hz interlace - 160 Hz non-interlace vertical frequency
  • 4 MB 64 bit 45 ns EDO RAM, eight chips
    screen modes
  • 1600×1200×16 interlace
  • 1280×1024×24 non-interlace
    integrated flicker fixer
  • programmable up to 160 Hz
  • 24 bit colourdepth for A4000, 12 bit for A3000 / A2000
  • EPROM stores the configuration
  • does not pass through native Amiga multiscan and double modes
    optional modules
  • Pablo IV video encoder (Photo)
    • S-VHS and CVBS outputs
    • supports PAL B/G, PAL I, PAL M, NTSC, NTSC-EIA
    • SECAM is not supported
    • linear interpolation reduces flickering
    • two display sizes: 640×480 and 800×600 - the latter is only available in PAL B / G / I mode
    • a time base corrector is required if used with a genlock
  • Paloma TV tuner (Photo)
    • three video sources - TV tuner, S-VHS, FBAS
    • the tuner supports only PAL B/G or PAL I, it does not support SECAM and NTSC
    • the videodecoder supports all standards, so it would be possible to use SECAM or NTSC through the S-VHS or Composite input (using a VCR as external tuner), but...
    • the software (PalomaTV) is written PAL only
    • monoaural sound decoding only
    • no teletext support
  • Concierto sound module (Photo)
    • Yamaha OPL3 synthesizer
    • 16 bit recording and playback
    • 3-44.1 kHz input and output
    • MIDI interface
    • consists of a main board and an I/O board
    • two mini DIN connectors with adaptor cables
  • planned modules
    • MPEG module
    • 3D module
    notes
  • Zorro II / III autosensing
  • integrated local PCI bus
  • flashROM for firmware upgrades
  • four channel audio mixer on board: Amiga, line, TV, CD
  • audio signal switcher - Amiga and CD-ROM inputs
  • DDC2B Monitor Plug'n'Play technology
  • DPMS power saving
  • 15 pin VGA output
  • S-VHS input / output for Pablo IV
  • 3.5 mm stereo input / output
  • when fitting into an A2000 the flicker fixer must be removed by breaking the card - requires the Denise adapter to avoid this
  • no support for draggable screens
  • Picasso96 and CyberGraphX 3 & 4 drivers
  • supported by Linux and NetBSD
Village Tronic Picasso IV - Rev 1.2N front side
Rev 1.2N, front side
Village Tronic Picasso IV - Rev 1.2 front side
Rev 1.2, front side
Village Tronic Picasso IV - Rev 1.2N back side
Rev 1.2N, back side

Company
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich, Germany
Date
1993
Amiga
A2000
A3000, A4000

-
-
Interface
Zorro II
Zorro III
Autoconfig ID
2195 / 5,6
    RTG graphics card
  • Cirrus Logic GD5426
    • 85 MHz in 8 bit modes
    • 45 MHz in 16 bit
    • 28 MHz in 24 bit
  • 1 or 2 MB DRAM
    screen modes
  • 1600×1280×8 interlace
  • 1152×864×16 interlace
  • 800×600×24 non-interlace
    notes
  • Zorro II / III autosensing
  • automatic passthrough
  • two 15 pin DSUB connectors
  • S-VHS and FBAS connectors for the optional video encoder module
  • early boards may have problems with GVP Combo cards - the memory / bus controller has to be replaced on the Piccolo
  • feature connector for connecting the VideoCruncher digitizer card
  • Picasso96, CyberGraphX 2, 3, 4, EGS and custom drivers
  • supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo -  front side
front side
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo -  front side
front side
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo -  front side
front side
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo -  back side
back side
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo - connectors right side
connectors, right side
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo - Piccolo video module  front side
Piccolo video module, front side
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo - Piccolo video module  back side
Piccolo video module, back side
  • Piccolo-1.dms
    install disk with PicoPainter v1.3 and loaders for AdPro / ImageMaster, disk 1
    EGSAmigaDriver v6.011, egs.library v6.100

    357 kB
  • Piccolo-2.dms
    install disk with PicoPainter v1.3 and loaders for AdPro / ImageMaster, disk 2
    EGSAmigaDriver v6.011, egs.library v6.100

    769 kB
  • Piccolo-3.dms
    install disk with PicoPainter v1.3 and loaders for AdPro / ImageMaster, disk 3
    EGSAmigaDriver v6.011, egs.library v6.100

    776 kB
  • piccolo_1of3.dms
    Installer's Heaven
    install disk 1
    739 kB
  • piccolo_2of3.dms
    Installer's Heaven
    install disk 2
    424 kB
  • piccolo_3of3.dms
    Installer's Heaven
    install disk 3
    314 kB

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Company
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich, Germany
Date
1995
Amiga
A2000
A3000, A4000

-
-
Interface
Zorro II
Zorro III
Autoconfig ID
2195 / 10,11
    RTG graphics card
  • Cirrus Logic GD5434
    • 64 bit blitter
    • 110 or 135 MHz in 8 bit modes
    • 85 MHz in 16 bit modes
    • 45 MHz in 24 bit modes
  • 2 or 4 MB 64 bit 70 ns DRAM
    • 2 MB (four chips) soldered to board
    • four sockets for additional 2 MB
    screen modes
  • 1600×1280×8 interlace
  • 1280×1024×16 interlace
  • 1024×768×24 interlace
    notes
  • Zorro II / III autosensing
  • Picasso96, CyberGraphX 2, 3, 4 and EGS drivers
  • supported by Linux and NetBSD
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo SD64 -  front side
front side
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo SD64 -  back side
back side
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo SD64 - Piccolo video module  front side
Piccolo video module, front side
Ingenieurbüro Helfrich Piccolo SD64 - Piccolo video module  back side
Piccolo video module, back side
  • PiccoloSD64-1.dms
    install disk with PicoPainter v1.3 and loaders for AdPro / ImageMaster, disk 1
    EGSAmigaDriver v7.001, EGSPiccoloSD64Driver v7.028, egs.library v7.008

    465 kB
  • PiccoloSD64-2.dms
    install disk with PicoPainter v1.3 and loaders for AdPro / ImageMaster, disk 2
    EGSAmigaDriver v7.001, EGSPiccoloSD64Driver v7.028, egs.library v7.008

    803 kB
  • PiccoloSD64-3.dms
    install disk with PicoPainter v1.3 and loaders for AdPro / ImageMaster, disk 3
    EGSAmigaDriver v7.001, EGSPiccoloSD64Driver v7.028, egs.library v7.008

    777 kB

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Company
MacroSystem, Germany
Date
1992
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
18260 / 6
    RTG graphics card
  • NCR 77C22E+
    • 90 MHz max pixel clock
    • 70 MHz in 8 bit modes
    • 25 MHz in 24 bit modes
    • 15-75 kHz horizontal frequency
    • 50-100 Hz vertical frequency
  • 1, 2 or 4 MB DRAM, page mode, segmented, 70-80 ns
  • sixteen ZIP sockets
    • 1 MB setup: every second socket (1, 3, 5, 7...) is populated with a 256k×4 chip (414256)
    • 2 MB setup: every socket is populated by a 256k×4 chip (414256)
    • 4 MB setup: every second socket (1, 3, 5, 7...) is populated with a 1M×4 chip (414400)
    screen modes
  • 2400×1200×8 interlace
  • 1280×1024×16 non-interlace
  • 1024×768 non-interlace
    notes
  • optional external composite encoder - gives television style video output
  • optional video encoder - S-VHS and composite outputs
  • HD15 VGA connector
  • EGS and RetinaEmu drivers
  • supported by NetBSD (except for X server) and OpenBSD
MacroSystem Retina -  front side
front side
MacroSystem Retina -  back side
back side

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Vapourware
Company
DKB, USA
Date
1994
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
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Company
X-Pert Computer Services / Viona Development, Germany
Date
1990
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
2117 / 1,2
    RTG graphics card
  • Inmos IMS G300C (85, 110 or 135 MHz) programmable RAMDAC and sync generator
  • no blitter, line drawing engine, or other general purpose graphics processing capability
  • Visiona Paint: 2 MB 20 ns VRAM in 16 ZIP sockets
  • Visiona Paint+: 4 MB 20 ns VRAM in 32 ZIP sockets
    screen modes
  • maximum resolution is only limited by the amount of VRAM installed
  • 24/32 bit: up to 1024×1024
  • 8 bit: up to 2048×2048
  • 2 bit: up to 4096×4096
  • 1 bit: up to 8192×4096
  • the resolutions above need 4 MB VRAM - with 2 MB VRAM, the maximum resolution is limited
  • maximum horizontal frequency: 80 kHz
  • resolutions above 1600×1280 flicker badly
    notes
  • Visiona Paint can be converted to a Visiona Paint+ by adding 16 RAM chips and a new control PAL
  • the VRAM uses 2 resp. 4 MB in the Zorro II address space:
    • limits Zorro II RAM expansions to 6 resp. 4 MB
    • the VRAM can be used by the Amiga as memory expansion using Addmem program (Visiona library must not be activated)
    • content of the Video RAM can be changed by the CPU and the Video Controller (which accesses the Video RAM with a DMA controller)
  • two separate oscillators for PAL and NTSC signals - two additional sockets for eg. SECAM
  • 15 pin VGA connector
  • five HF-PCB connectors
  • supports several Sync options:
    • output: separate H-Sync/V-Sync, Composite Sync on H-Sync, Sync-on-Green
    • input: external synchronization (on H-Sync) with a TBC possible (needs small hardware expansion)
  • EGS driver
  • the Visiona, the GVP EGS-110/24 and EGS-28/24 Spectrum were all designed by Hendrik Horak
    DIP switch settings
    Jumper Description ON OFF
    1 Amount of Video RAM 4 MB 2 MB
    2 ROM selection selected deselected
    3 - 6 reserved - -
    7 Video Standard NTSC PAL
    8 Interlace setting Interlace on Interlace off
    9 not used - -
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  • Visiona.pdf
    Bedienungsanleitung / german user manual
    1350 kB

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