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Piccolo Gfx card - is it worth while?
« on: October 25, 2006, 09:20:30 AM »
There's a Piccolo card for sale - a regular, not the SD64.
What are the differences between the normal and SD64 card and is it worth buying for use in an A2000 or maybe A3000, or should I better look out for another card? Current bid is at 50 Euros.

I can't seem to find any other information than available in TBBOAH. Does anyone have a link to a manual maybe?
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Re: Piccolo Gfx card - is it worth while?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2006, 10:12:51 AM »
I had a SD64 , and it was a very nice card. it was faster than a picassoII I had before. I think the normal piccolo and the picassoII are the same in speed terms...
picassoII/piccolo used the cirrus logic 5426 or 5428 chip, an ISA bus one, where the SD64 used the 5434, a chip made for the VESA Local bus, thus it is faster.
 

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Re: Piccolo Gfx card - is it worth while?
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2006, 01:08:34 PM »
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I can't seem to find any other information than available in TBBOAH.


Errm, amiga.resource.cx/exp/piccolo.

It's very similar to the GVP EGS 28/24 Spectrum, but you can add an S-Video module and an MJPEG digitizer card to it. It autonses Zorro II and III, so you can use it in your A2000 and A3000 as well.

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Re: Piccolo Gfx card - is it worth while?
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2006, 01:16:30 PM »
i would say GO FER IT!!!!!!!! :-)
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Re: Piccolo Gfx card - is it worth while?
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2006, 02:26:13 PM »
Meh it's gone already. Should have made a bit earlier, but I was trying to get hold of an A3000 as well.

Oh well, just wait until the next one comes around I guess :-)
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