• Draft Orchid ProDesigner II / MC page created

    From Louis Ohland@ohland@charter.net to comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware on Fri Feb 28 08:57:55 2025
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    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.
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  • From Kevin Bowling@kevin.bowling@kev009.com to comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware on Fri Feb 28 11:28:20 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware

    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@ohland@charter.net to comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware on Fri Feb 28 12:41:18 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware

    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.
    --- Synchronet 3.20c-Linux NewsLink 1.2