Looks like I'm late to the party. This is great, the Picasso II(+) is a card that can actually be found relatively easily, as opposed to the A2410. Thanks a lot for taking the time to document your efforts!
If you don't mind I'd like to wikify what you wrote, providing a link back to the original thread as well. Authorizing users on the site is proving to be a pain without email notifications since the site is on my ADSL now. It used to be racked at my former employer. When people download AMIX stuff now it really saps my torrents etc, heh.
It may be time to warm up the eBay search list again for a new video card :-)