ATI EGA Wonder 800+

The EGA Wonder 800+ was released in 1988. It was essentially a rebadged ATi VGA Edge, but lacking the analogue VGA port and RAMDAC. The DIP switches were also removed as this card auto-detects the monitor type connected.

	Released	1988
	Bus	ISA 8-bit
	Chipset	ATi18800-1
	Standards	EGA, VGA
	Memory	256 KB DRAM
	Ports	9-pin DSUB (Mono and RGB TTL)
	Part #	16890, 109006000
	FCC ID
	Price	At launch: $295, Nov 1989: $199
	See Also	EGA Wonder, EGA Wonder VIP, EGA Wonder 800

 

Board Revisions

Just one board revision for EGA Wonder 800+ is known, Rev.1.

 

Competition

 

In the Media

 

Setting it Up

The below switch settings are valid for all cards in the EGA Wonder range as well as VIP cards:

SWITCH SETTING	Power-Up Video Mode				Monitor Type			ATI Enhanced Features
Monitor Attached	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
MultiSync (see note)	off	on	on	off	on	off	on	Switch 8 enables the "enhanced" features of the card.  Turn this switch off if you experience difficulties.
EGA	off	on	on	off	on	off	off
RGB (& Composite)	on	on	on	off	on	on	off
TTL mono	off	on	on	off	off	on	off
25KHz (see note)	off	on	on	off	off	off	on
Composite mono	on	on	on	off	on	on	off
Compaq (see note)	off	on	on	off	off	off	off
IBM Analog (see note)	on	on	on	off	off	on	on

Notes:
OFF = OPEN, ON = CLOSED.
Switches 5 and 6 on a PC or XT motherboard must be set to ON.
"MultiSync" monitors at this time tended to support 15 - 31.5 kHz (*not* 31.5 and up), and used a 9-pin digital connector.
25kHz monitor requires Jumper P8 set to connect pins 2 & 3 (not available on VIP).
Compaq Internal Monitor requires an "optional module" (no longer available).
IBM Analog monitor support is only available on the VIP.

Downloads

Operation Manual April 1989 User Manual for the 800+	Original Utility Disk (missing) Get in touch if you can provide this missing item!	VGA BIOS ROM N1.00 (missing) Get in touch if you can provide this missing item!
VGA BIOS ROM v1.03 (missing) Get in touch if you can provide this missing item!

 

More Pictures

ATI EGA Wonder 800+