Bali 32 / Bali 64
The Bali 32 and Bali 64 was Western Digital's budget offering of their new 1994 "island" line of Paradise graphics accelerator cards, sold alongside the mid-range Bahamas 64 and premium Barbados 64.
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Released | August 1994 |
| Bus | VESA Local Bus or PCI | |
| Chipset | ARK Logic 1000PV (Bali 32) ARK Logic 2000PV (Bali 64) |
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| Standards | MDA, Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA | |
| Memory | 1 MB DRAM (32-bit) | |
| Ports | 15-pin DSUB (RGB analogue out) | |
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| Price | At launch: $99 (1 MB) Oct 1995: $79 (Bali 64 PCI) Oct 1996: $99 (Bali 64 PCI 1 MB) |
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| See Also | Bahamas 64VL, Barbados 64 |
It was a 32-bit DRAM-based accelerator card for Windows. Based around the ARK Logic 1000PV graphics chipset, it was released in both VESA Local Bus and PCI variants.
It was sold alongside the mid-range Bahamas 32 graphics card (also available in VLB and PCI) which came in 1 MB or 2MB variants of DRAM video memory and retailed for $199. At the top end was the Barbados 64, which was only available in PCI form, but came with 2 MB of VRAM and retailed for $299. All these cards came with Oasis software utilities that enabled picture-in-picture capabilities as well as switching resolutions and refresh rates on the fly.
Western Digital did release a Bali 64 later on (around 1996) which ran on the PCI bus and still came with 1 MB of video memory. it retailed for $79.
Board Revisions
Competition
In the Media
An advert for the Bali, Bahamas and Barbados cards, May 1995
Setting it Up
Downloads
Operation Manual Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
Windows 3.1x Drivers
Windows 3.1 display drivers for Bali 32 and Bali 64 |
Windows 3.1x Drivers
Windows 3.1 display drivers for Bali 64 |
Windows 95 Drivers
Windows 95 display drivers for Bali 32 and Bali 64 |
Windows NT 3.5x Drivers
Windows NT 3.5x display drivers for Bali 32 and Bali 64 |
Windows NT 4.0 Drivers
Windows NT 4 display drivers for Bali 32 and Bali 64 |
