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  • Re: Draft Orchid ProDesigner II / MC page created

    From Kevin Bowling@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Fri Feb 28 11:28:20 2025
    On 2/28/25 07:57, Louis Ohland wrote:
    http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohland/Orchid/Orchid_Prodesigner_II_MC.html

    Lorenzo is performing the Flight of the Bumblebee, flitting hither and
    yon...

    He did sendt two [disjointed] component side photos. So I was able to do component ID, but he will be sendting full length feelthy-feely
    component and solder side images.

    I think these are a bit ho-hum compared to the XGA-2 for GUI
    acceleration but the chipset is liked by DOS enthusiasts especially for
    gaming.

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Kevin Bowling on Fri Feb 28 12:41:18 2025
    Not TIGA based, or 8514 based. The XGA does direct color, and the
    ProDesigner does 15-bit color. Better than VGA...

    Kevin Bowling wrote:
    On 2/28/25 07:57, Louis Ohland wrote:
    http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohland/Orchid/Orchid_Prodesigner_II_MC.html

    Lorenzo is performing the Flight of the Bumblebee, flitting hither and
    yon...

    He did sendt two [disjointed] component side photos. So I was able to
    do component ID, but he will be sendting full length feelthy-feely
    component and solder side images.

    I think these are a bit ho-hum compared to the XGA-2 for GUI
    acceleration but the chipset is liked by DOS enthusiasts especially for gaming.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 28 08:57:55 2025
    http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohland/Orchid/Orchid_Prodesigner_II_MC.html

    Lorenzo is performing the Flight of the Bumblebee, flitting hither and
    yon...

    He did sendt two [disjointed] component side photos. So I was able to do component ID, but he will be sendting full length feelthy-feely
    component and solder side images.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)