Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer “Ingenieurbüro Helfrich”
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Manufacturer Ingenieurbüro Helfrich, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2195 / |
- MPEG video decoder
- C-Cube CL450 video decoder
- plays MPEG 1 animations at 25 fps in 352×288×24 (PAL), 352×240×24 (NTSC)
- cannot decode MPEG audio
- video can be played directly from CD-ROM (VideoCD, Philips CDI) or from hard disk
- the video output is synchronized to the Amiga (NTSC/PAL) display
- works only if the Amiga produces an NTSC/PAL signal
- 256 kB display buffer
- HD15 video output connector (RGB)
- HD15 video passthrough connctor
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Manufacturer Ingenieurbüro Helfrich, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II, video slot | Autoconfig ID 2195 / 7 |
- MPEG video decoder
- C-Cube CL450 video decoder
- plays MPEG 1 animations at 25 fps in 352×288×24 (PAL), 352×240×24 (NTSC)
- LSI-Logic L64112 audio decoder
- supports MPEG-1 audio Layer 1 and 2
- video can be played directly from CD-ROM (VideoCD, Philips CDI) or from hard disk
- the video output is synchronized to the Amiga (NTSC/PAL) display
- the Amiga signal can be used as overlay via the built in genlock
- works only if the Amiga produces an NTSC/PAL signal
- the Amiga audio output can be mixed into the MPEG audio output
- 512 kB display buffer, expandable to 1 MB
- HD15 video connector (RGB output)
- 16 bit stereo audio output (headphone jack)
- optional video module with composite and Y/C outputs
- the card's device driver (peggympeg.device) is somewhat compatible with the CD32 device driver (mpeg.device)
without video encoder, front side
back side
with video encoder, front side
with video encoder, back side
front side
- PeggyPlus.pdf
Bedienungsanleitung / User Manual (german)
1113 kB
- PeggyPlus.dms
install disk
135 kB
Manufacturer Ingenieurbüro Helfrich, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A2000A3000, A4000 | - - | Interface Zorro IIZorro 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
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back side
Piccolo video module, front side
Piccolo video module, back side
front side
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connectors, right 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
Advert (US)
1993-11
Advert (DE)
1993-10
Advert (DE)
1993-10
Manufacturer Ingenieurbüro Helfrich, Germany | Date 1995 | Amiga A2000A3000, A4000 | - - | Interface Zorro IIZorro 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
front side
back side
Piccolo video module, front 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
Advert (DE)
1995-06
Manufacturer Ingenieurbüro Helfrich, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro III | Autoconfig ID 2145 / 33 |
- RTG graphics card
- most cards have an Inmos G360 with 110 MHz pixel clock
- a few have G364-10S (100 MHz dot clock) or G365 CLT-RAMDAC (175 MHz dot clock)
- 128 bit pixelbus
- 4 MB, 20 ns, dualported VRAM in 32 ZIP sockets
- video memory is linearly mapped into the Zorro III address space
- hardware panning for processing oversized images
- interrupt during the vertical blank (for cursor- and double buffering manipulations)
- supports multiple screens and double buffering
- screen modes
- 1600×1280×16 interlaced
- 640×480×24
- notes
- 64×64 hardware cursor with 3 colours
- CyberGraphX 4.2 and EGS drivers
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Manufacturer Ingenieurbüro Helfrich, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga A2000A3000, A4000 | - - | Interface Zorro IIZorro III | Autoconfig ID 2195 / 8 |
- realtime digitizer
- a video expansion card for the Piccolo graphics card
- connects to the Piccolo via a ribbon cable
- realtime JPEG compression / decompression chipset
- captures video in motion JPEG format
- realtime video capture (50 fields or 25 fps) and playback at YUV 4:2:2 square pixel quality
- 768×576 maximum resolution for still images
- 468×352 maximum resolution for video
- 16 ZIP sockets for 2 MB frame buffer VRAM
- Composite and Y/C inputs
- Composite, Y/C and analogue RGB outputs
- Zorro II / III autosensing
- the card works without the Piccolo but some features are not available:
- no PIP (Picture In Picture)
- only the RGB output is active
- Videocruncher Lite does not support PIP at all and has a maximum resolution of 384×288 only
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back side