[SEL] Orchid ProDesigner II

[Peter A Forbes]

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:45:15 -0500, you wrote:

>>>>>Just to give a quick example of that, we have one machine we run DOS
>CAD programmes on, and that uses a 1991 Orchid ProDesigner II graphics
>card with 1meg of memory only.  That runs perfectly well in Windows with
>no problems at all, while some of the newer cards have all sorts of
>speed and memory hassles.
>
>>>>Just a few thoughts from the UK.
>
>>>>Peter
>
>That was a GREAT card - not just for its time, but still. I had a 2 meg
>version, and it would do anything - never before nor since saw such
>great color control.
>
>Bruce Younger
>Lenexa, Kansas USA
>mailto:sluggo54 at hotmail.com

I'll have to see about upgrading the memory on ours, the sockets are on the
board for the extra 1mb.

Peter

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