PICASSO II+

PICASSO II+ is an improved design of the leading graphics card for any Zorro based Amiga.

Oldie ... But Goldie!

The PICASSO II+ is an enhanced redevelopment of the well known PICASSO II RTG card. The newly designed bus-interface offers improved performance in all resolutions. Because of the on-board monitor switch, no second monitor is necessary. You can, however, easily switch between the standard AMIGA resolutions and the new PICASSO resolutions.

One Monitor Solution

Every monitor with a horizontal frequency starting at 15 kHz (or 30 kHz if you have a scan doubler) can be connected to the PICASSO II+. Even the 1084 can be used with a special adapter cable which is available separately.

Special Video Module

The optional video encoder module, PABLO, provides a high quality converter to allow easy playback of animations on a TV or record them on a VCR. Currently, the two connectors (CVBS and S-VHS) support only the PAL standard.

Graphic Chip

The PICASSO II+ has the Cirrus Logic CL 5428 graphics chip on board. This chip has an integrated 32-bit blitter which allows a maximum data transfer of 30 MB/s. Additionally, a hardware cursor is included and Hardware Panning ( AutoScroll ) is supported too. The CL 5428 provides Chunky-Pixel in 8-bit, HiColour (15 or 16-bit) and TrueColour (24-bit).

Resolutions

With the PICASSO II+ you can display your Workbench in 8-bit (256 colours) with 1152 x 900 at 65 Hz (maximum non-interlaced resolution) or up to 1600 x 1200 with 60 Hz interlace. To use these maximum values you require a multiscan monitor with at least 64 kHz horizontal frequency. The powerfull tool “PicassoMode“ allows you to create resolutions of your own or edit existing resolutions.

TrueColour

The PICASSO II+ allows you to display pictures with 32,000 or 65,000 colours (HiColour mode) in up to 1152 x 900 pixels. Furthermore, the PICASSO II+ with 2 MB of graphics memory allows you to display up to 800 x 600 with 16.8 million colours (TrueColour mode)

• Zorro-II-AutoConfig graphics system
• 2 MBytes graphics memory
• On-Board Monitor Switch (one monitor solution)
• On-Chip Hardware Cursor
• 8-bit Chunky Pixel, 15 and 16-bit HiColour, 24bit TrueColour
• Max. 1152 x 900 pixel non-interlaced and 1600 x 1200 interlace (8-bit)
• Power tool “PicassoMode“ for creating custom resolutions
• Redirecting of older software with the commodity ChangeScreen
• Screen-Dragging for all 8-bit screens
• Requires no chip memory for swapped screens
• NEW: Vertical Blank Interrupt for smooth double buffered animations
• NEW: PABLO Video Encoder brightness control
• NEW: Faster Zorro-II Bus speed
• NEW: Higher Blitter speed (up to 30 MB/s)
• NEW: Now supports DPMS Power Save monitors