Orchid Fahrenheit 64 / Fahrenheit Pro64
The Orchid Fahrenheit 64 was released in January 1995 and was based on the S3 Vision864, with the Pro64 following around August and used the S3 Vision968 chipset.
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Released | January 1995 (F64), August 1995 (Pro64) |
| Bus | VESA Local Bus or PCI | |
| Chipset | S3 Vision864 (64) or S3 Vision968 (Pro64) | |
| Standards | Hercules, MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA | |
| Memory | 1-2 MB DRAM (F64) or 2-4 MB VRAM (Pro64) | |
| RAMDAC | Brooktree Bt485 | |
| Ports | 15-pin DSUB (analogue video out) | |
| Part # | - | |
| FCC ID | DDS7EFFP64964-VLB | |
| Price | Mar 1995: $156 (1 MB DRAM), $289 (2 MB VRAM) Aug 1995: $427 list (Pro Video64) |
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| See Also | Orchid Kelvin Video64, Orchid Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 |
The Fahrenheit 64 used slower DRAM memory and was limited to 2 MB maximum. It used the S3 Vision864 graphics accelerator.
The Fahrenheit Pro64 arrived later in the year, and used the faster VRAM memory that could be expanded up to 4 MB. It used the later S3 Vision968 chipset
It had hardware digital video scaling, colour space conversion and dithering capabilities.
Board Revisions
I have no details on the various board revisions for the Fahrenheit 64 and Fahrenheit Pro64 cards.
Competition
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Setting it Up
I have no information of the hardware set up for the Fahrenheit 64 or Pro64 cards.
Downloads
Operation Manual User manual for both the Fahrenheit 64 and Fahrenheit Pro64. |
Original Utility Disk for both the Fahrenheit 64 and Fahrenheit Pro64. |
VGA ROM BIOS v1.0 Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
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