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First post, by emuboy

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I recently aquired this video card, is not working and I'm trying to figure out where it comes from:

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under the sticker it gets even more curious:

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Any idea of where it comes from?

Last edited by emuboy on 2023-05-14, 09:11. Edited 4 times in total.

Reply 6 of 9, by Grzyb

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Sierra is well known for their RAMDACs.
I thought they only had one graphics chip - SC15064 a.k.a. Falcon/64, found on some PCI cards.
But no, obviously they also had two chips for ISA - https://www.electronicproducts.com/graphics-a … -24-bit-ramdac/

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Reply 8 of 9, by Grzyb

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emuboy wrote on 2023-05-15, 10:28:

oh,but this is the sc15012, not sc15010, I wonder if is just a silicon revision or a different product, perhaps a prototype?

The difference is clearly stated in the linked article:
"Two versions of the chip work with dynamic RAM (SC15010) or video RAM (SC15012) frame buffers"

Well, not fully clearly...
Your card is SC15012, but the memory chips are 44C256, ie. DRAM.
I guess SC15010 only supports DRAM, and SC15012 supports both DRAM and dual-ported VRAM.

Żywotwór planetarny, jego gnijące błoto, jest świtem egzystencji, fazą wstępną, i wyłoni się z krwawych ciastomózgowych miedź miłująca...

Reply 9 of 9, by Anonymous Coward

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The build quality of the card looks awful, but at least it appears to have an integrated RAMDAC.

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