Village Tronic Picasso II graphics card for Amiga
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Graphics card, 1993, Village Tronic. The Picasso II is a Zorro II graphics card made by the German company Village Tronic for the Amiga 2000, 3000 and 4000. Built around a Cirrus Logic VGA chip, it gave the Amiga true colour and high-resolution workbench screens on an ordinary VGA monitor, far beyond the native chipset, and it became one of the most popular graphics cards of the Amiga world. The card has two VGA connectors and switches automatically between its own output and the Amiga video signal, so that a single monitor can be used. It was supported by Village Tronic's own drivers and later by Picasso96 and CyberGraphX; an optional Pablo module added composite and S-VHS video output.
| Years | 1993 to 1996 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Village Tronic (Germany) |
| Compatibility | Amiga 2000, 3000, 4000 (Zorro II slot) |
| Graphics chip | Cirrus Logic GD5426 or GD5428 |
| Video memory | 1 or 2 MB DRAM (1 MB soldered, sockets for 1 MB more) |
| Resolutions | up to 1600 x 1280 in 256 colours (interlaced), 1152 x 864 in 16 bit, 800 x 600 in 24 bit |
| Connectors | two 15-pin VGA (input from the Amiga and monitor output, with automatic passthrough) |
| Options | Pablo video encoder module, composite and S-VHS output (PAL) |
| Software | Village Tronic drivers, Picasso96, CyberGraphX, EGS |
| Note | the video memory is mapped into the Zorro II address space, which limits the Zorro II fast RAM to 6 MB |
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