Barbados 64
The Barbados 64 was Western Digital's premium graphics card, sold as part of their new 1994 "island" line of Paradise graphics accelerator cards which also comprised the budget Bali 32 and mid-range Bahamas 64.
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Released | August 1994 |
| Bus | PCI | |
| Chipset | S3 Vision964 (86C964) | |
| Standards | MDA, Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA | |
| Memory | 2 MB VRAM | |
| Ports | 15-pin DSUB (RGB analogue out) | |
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| Price | At launch: $299 | |
| See Also | Bali 32/64, Bahamas 64VL |
It was a 64-bit VRAM-based accelerator card for Windows, based around the S3 86C964 graphics chipset.
It was sold alongside the budget Bali 32 and mid-range Bahamas 32 graphics card, both of which were available in VLB and PCI). 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.
Board Revisions
Competition
In the Media
An advert for the Bali, Bahamas and Barbados cards, May 1995
Setting it Up
Downloads
To load Windows 95 drivers, follow these steps:
1) Go into Control Panel -> Display -> Settings -> Change Adapter type -> Show all devices
2) Select Paradise Barbados 64 (S3) or S3 Vision964 PCI driver
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DOS & Windows 3.1x Drivers
DOS and Windows 3.1x display drivers. |
Oasis Drivers for Windows 3.1x
Oasis drivers for Windows 3.1x version 964v1.00 |
