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Orchid Turbo PGA

The Orchid TurboPGA was a fast graphics adapter compatible with the shortlived IBM Professional Graphics Adapter (PGA). By using its onboard Intel 80186 CPU it was able to achieve typically five times the performance of the IBM board.

  Released 1987
Bus ISA 16-bit
Chipset -
Standards PGA
Memory 320 KB
Ports 9-pin DSUB (digital TTL)
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Offering resolutions up to 640 x 480 in 256 colours from a palette of 262,144, it was aimed at the CAD and professional imaging markets.

 

Board Revisions

I have no information on the various board revisions on the Orchid Turbo PGA card.

 

Competition

 

 

In the Media

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Setting it Up

I have no information of the hardware set up for the Orchid card.


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Operation Manual
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Original Utility Disk
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