ATI EGA Wonder 800+

The EGA Wonder 800+ was released in 1988. It was essentially a rebadged ATi VGA Edge, but lacked 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, Extended EGA
	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

Just like the slightly earlier EGA Wonder and EGA Wonder 800, the ATI EGA Wonder 800+ competed against Ahead Systems EGA Wizard Deluxe, Quadram Quad EGA Prosync, Video Seven Vega Deluxe, Sigma Designs VGA and STB Systems VGA Extra.

 

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 EGA Wonder 800+	EGA Wonder 800+ Utility Disks Rev 1.01, 2 Oct 1990 Extracted from the original 2 disks. Contains DOS utilities and Windows 1.x / Windows 2.x drivers.	EGA Wonder 800 Utility Disks Rev 1.00, 25 Apr 1989 Extracted from the original 2 disks. Contains DOS utilities and Windows 1.x / Windows 2.x drivers.
EGA Wonder 800 Utility Disks Rev 1.03, 28 Jun 1989 Extracted from the original 2 disks. Contains DOS utilities and Windows 1.x / Windows 2.x drivers.	GEM/3 Drivers 26 May 1988 High-res drivers for Digital Research GEM/3 Desktop. 752x410, 800x480, and 800x560	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+