ATI VGA Basic-16
Sold alongside the VGA Integra in 1990 was the Basic-16. Where the Integra was a 512 KB card, the Basic-16 was the budget 256 KB version.
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Released | November 1990 |
| Bus | ISA 16-bit | |
| Chipset | ATi 28800-2 | |
| Standards | Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, and SVGA | |
| Memory | 256 KB | |
| Ports | 15-pin DSUB (RGB analogue) VESA Feature connector |
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| Part # | 1090010400 | |
| FCC ID | EXMBVGA | |
| Price | At launch: $?, Feb 1992: $75, Jun 1992: $75 | |
| See Also | VGA Wonder+, VGA Edge series |
The VGA Basic 16 was designed to be the budget offering based on their latest [at the time] 28800 chipset. Its PCB layout was similar to the VGA Integra but it used a cheaper RAMDAC.
It only supported the basic 60 Hz refresh rate VGA modes (same as IBM VGA standard from 1987), and came with only 256 KB DRAM which was not upgradable.
Board Revisions
No details are known on different revision of this card.
Competition
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In the Media
Click here for an advertisement in PDF format of the VGA Basic-16.
Setting it Up
No configuration is required for the VGA Basic-16, with its auto-switching capability. The card came with a utility to force the display mode if necessary.
Downloads
Operation Manual Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
Original Utility Disk Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
VGA BIOS ROM Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
DOS Drivers ATI VGA Wonder Series drivers for DOS. Includes utilities, a VESA driver, a mouse driver and software drivers for WordStar 3.31, 4.0 and 5.0, WordPerfect 4.1, 4.2, and 5.0, |
Windows 3.1 Drivers ATI VGA Wonder Series drivers for Windows 3.1. |
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