DOS Days

Super RIO

Launched: 1983
Bus: 8-bit ISA

The Super RIO was a multi I/O expansion card for the IBM PC and compatibles. It came with 64K-256K of onboard RAM, two RS232 serial ports, a printer port, clock/calendar with battery backup and a game port. You could also expand the onboard RAM by further connecting a "Super RIO Piggyback" board to add an extra 64K-512K of memory.

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Graphix Plus

Launched: 1984
Bus: 8-bit ISA
Price: ?

The Graphix Plus card was a CGA-compatible graphics card that also supported high resolution monochrome graphics. Also common to many graphics cards in 1984, this one provided a parallel printer port too.

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Graphix Plus II

Launched: 1985
Bus: 8-bit ISA
Price: ?

Expanding on the earlier Graphix Plus, the II provides the same features but adds a 16-colour mode. It also got a parallel port, a lightpen port, 32K of onboard video RAM, and an optional clock/calendar with battery backup.

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EGA Plus

Launched: 1986? advertised in 1987
Bus: 8-bit ISA
Price: $279 (Mar 1987)

Chauffeur

Launched: 1987
Bus: 8-bit ISA
Price: $219 (Mar 1987)

The Chauffeur

Chauffeur HT

Launched: 1986
Bus: 8-bit ISA
Price: $239 (Mar 1987)

The Chauffeur HT was a Hercules-compatible card that supported for the first time a resolution of 1056 x 352, ideal for a 132-character wide display in text modes. It came with drivers for Microsoft Windows, AutoCAD, Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Symphony.

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EGA Multi Res

Launched: 1987
Bus: 8-bit ISA
Price: $

The EGA Multi Res extended standard EGA by offering [on a multisync monitor] 640 x 480 and even 752 x 410 resolution in Microsoft Windows. On standard EGA monitors, it could display up to 832 x 350.

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Velocity Riva 128

Launched: 1997
DAC: ?
Bus: AGP 1x/2x
Memory: 4 MB
Price: ?

Basically a rebadged nVidia Riva 128. This STB card was OEM'd by Dell.

Velocity Riva 128ZX

Launched: 1998
DAC: ?
Bus: AGP 1x/2x
Memory: 8 MB
Price: ?

Basically a rebadged nVidia Riva 128ZX. This STB card was OEM'd by Dell.