Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer “Village Tronic”
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Manufacturer Village Tronic, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2167 / 2012099 / 137 |
- Ethernet interface
- AMD Am7990 Ethernet controller
- 10Base2 and 10BaseT connectors
- the two protocols are selectable by software
- 32 kB buffer
- supports multicast / broadcast (multicast is only supported by ariadne.device v1.26 or later)
- socket for optional boot EPROM
- four LEDs display connection information
- LED1 (left) shows Twisted Pair MAU Link Status (only 10BaseT)
- LED2 Transmit Status
- LED3 Collision
- LED4 (right) Receive Status
- internal LED header for connecting external control LEDs - this header is connected to the LEDs on the board
- SANA II compatible driver
- support for up to ten Ariadne boards in one machine
- 20% faster in receiving than the Commodore A2065
- two additional DB25 parallel ports
- 26 pin internal header provides connection for the second DB25 parallel port
- SANA II compatible PLIP driver
- ParNet driver
- the integrated parallel port is ariadnepar.device unit 0, the optional second port is unit 1
- parallel ports on additional Ariadne cards are unit 2, unit 3, etc.
- supports the A-Max IV Macintosh emulator (from ariadne.device v1.28)
- supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
Rev 1.2b, front side
Rev 1.2b, back side
Rev 1.2, front side
Rev 1.2, back side
Rev 1.1, front side
Rev 1.1, back side
- Ariadne-126.dms
install disk including Envoy v1.6 (ariadne.device v1.26)
492 kB - Ariadne-139.dms
install disk including Envoy v1.6 (ariadne.device v1.39)
518 kB - Ariadne-22-144.dms
install disk v2.2 including Envoy (ariadne.device v1.44)
519 kB - Ariadne_v150.lha
device driver (ariadne.device v1.5)
12 kB - AriadnePAR.lha
device driver (ariadnepar.device v1.8)
11 kB
Advert (DE)
1995-02
Advert (US)
1995-03
Advert (DE)
1996-02
Advert (DE)
1996-06
Manufacturer Village Tronic, Germany | Date 1998 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2167 / 202 |
- Ethernet interface
- Realtek RTL8019AS Ethernet controller
- a cost reduced version of the original Ariadne (it costs half as much)
- 10Base2 and 10BaseT connectors
- supports full-duplex on 10BaseT
- the two protocols are selectable by software
- 32 kB buffer
- early versions need PGA upgrade to work reliably
- socket for optional boot EPROM
- 10% slower than the original Ariadne
- AmiTCP Genesis included
- SANA II compatible driver
- supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
Rev 2.1.1, front side
Rev 2.1.1, back side
Rev 2.1, front side
Rev 2.1, back side
- AriadneII-10-1.dms
install disk 1, v1.0
485 kB - AriadneII-10-2.dms
install disk 2, v1.0
808 kB - AriadneII-14a.dms
install disk 1, v1.4
631 kB - AriadneII-14b.dms
install disk 2, v1.4
814 kB - AriadneII_Info-10.lha
Ariadne2Info v1.0
7 kB - AriadneII_43_12.lha
device driver (ariadneii.device v43.12)
16 kB
Manufacturer Village Tronic, Germany | Date 1997 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 |
- ESS1868 sound chip
- Yamaha OPL3 synthesizer with 18 voices in stereo
- 8 or 16 bit recording and playback
- 3-44.1 kHz input and output rates
- MIDI interface
- consists of a main board and an I/O board
- two mini DIN connectors with adaptor cables
- AHI driver
front side
back side
- Concierto_english.pdf
User Manual
269 kB - Concierto_german.pdf
User Manual (german)
635 kB
- Concierto-19.lha
install disk v1.9
320 kB - ConciertoOPL3-11.lha
OPL3 sound editor v1.1
52 kB
Manufacturer X-Pert Computer Services / Village Tronic, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2162 / 1,22167 / 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
front side
front side
back side
- Domino-System-25.dms
system disk (village.library v2.5)
195 kB - Domino-System-24.dms
system disk (village.library v2.4)
39 kB - Domino-ADPro.dms
ADPro tool disk
10 kB
Advert (US)
1993-05
Advert (DE)
1992-10
Advert (DE)
1992-12
Advert (DE)
1993-02
Manufacturer Village Tronic, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 |
- Pablo is the optional video encoder module of Picasso II
- composite and S-VHS outputs
- only PAL compatible
- 15 kHz overload protection
- requires a time base corrector if used with a genlock
front side
front side
Advert (DE)
1995-02
Advert (DE)
1995-02
Advert (US)
1995-03
Advert (GB)
1995-05
Advert (DE)
1996-06
Manufacturer Village Tronic, Germany | Date 1996 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 |
- Pablo IV is the optional video encoder module of Picasso IV
- 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
- requires a time base corrector if used with a genlock
front side
- PabloII_english.pdf
Pablo II User Manual
294 kB - PabloII_german.pdf
Pablo II User Manual (german)
454 kB
- Pablo-12.dms
Pablo IV install disk v1.2
304 kB
Manufacturer Village Tronic, Germany | Date 1996 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 |
- 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 for PAL only
- monoaural sound decoding only
- no teletext support
front side
back side
Manufacturer 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 (
- 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
Rev 1.0, front side
Rev 1.0, back side
Rev 1.2, front side
Rev 1.4, front side
Rev 1.4, back side
Rev 1.6, front side
Rev 1.6, back side
Rev 1.6, front side
- PicassoII.pdf
user manual (german)
19.6 MB
- PicassoII-121.lha
Picasso96 install disk v1.21
357 kB - PicassoII-22.dms
PicassoRTG install disk v2.2
554 kB - PicassoII-24.dms
install disk v2.4 (06.06.1996)
595 kB - PicassoII-15.dms
install disk v1.5 (27.08.1993)
413 kB - PicassoII-Install_Last.dms
PicassoRTG bonus disk and developer information
623 kB - PicassoII_MainActor-116.dms
Mainactor install disk
MainActor v1.16 (05.08.1993)
332 kB - PicassoII_Supplementary.dms
supplementary disk
647 kB
Advert (AU)
1994-07
Advert (DE)
1993-04
Advert (DE)
1993-09
Advert (US)
1993-11
Advert (US)
1993-11
Advert (DE)
1995-02
Advert (DE)
1995-02
Advert (US)
1995-03
Advert (DE)
1995-04
Advert (GB)
1995-05
Advert (GB)
1995-06
Advert (DE)
1995-08
Manufacturer 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
front side
back side
front side
- PicassoII-121.lha
Picasso96 install disk v1.21
357 kB - PicassoII-24.dms
install disk v2.4 (06.06.1996)
595 kB
Advert (DE)
1996-06
Manufacturer Village Tronic, Germany | Date 1996 | Amiga A2000A3000, A4000 | - - | Interface Zorro IIZorro 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 ()
- 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 ()
- 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 ()
- 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
Rev 1.2, front side
Rev 1.2N, front side
Rev 1.2N, back side
- Concierto_english.pdf
Concierto User Manual (english)
269 kB - Concierto_german.pdf
Concierto User Manual (german)
635 kB - PabloII_english.pdf
Pablo II User Manua (english)l
294 kB - PabloII_german.pdf
Pablo II User Manual (german)
454 kB - Paloma_english.pdf
Paloma User Manual (english)
198 kB - Paloma_german.pdf
Paloma User Manual (german)
229 kB - PicassoIV.pdf
user manual (german)
522 kB
- PicassoIV.dms
Picasso IV install disk v1.40
474 kB - P4Update-71.lha
Picasso IV flash update v7.1
21 kB - P4Update-74.lha
Picasso IV flash update v7.4
22 kB - Pablo-12.dms
Pablo IV install disk v1.2
304 kB - Paloma-13.lha
Paloma IV install disk v1.3
332 kB - P4specials-18.lha
Paloma IV update (p4specials.library v1.8)
11 kB - MainActorPIV.lha
Picasso IV loader/saver for MainActor
19 kB