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STB Horizon+ / Horizon Plus / Horizon+ Video

The Horizon+ (also known as Horizon Plus) and Horizon+ Video were a series of 2D graphics accelerators launched in 1994, and based on the Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430 chipset.

Released 1994
Bus VESA Local Bus or PCI
Chipset Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430
Standards Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA
Memory 1 MB EDO DRAM
RAMDAC -
Ports 15-pin DSUB (analogue video out)
Part # STBHZPC (PCI), STBHZVL (VLB), 1X0-0314-407 (PCI), 1X0-0333-007 (VLB)
FCC ID EKSUSA5434VL (VL), EKSUSA5434PCI (PCI)
Price Nov '94: $95 (VLB)
See Also Horizon

The Horizon+ (or Horizon Plus) was released in 1994. It supported resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 in 64,000 colours at 80 Hz.

 

Board Revisions

I don't have any information on board revisions for the Horizon+ cards.

 

Competition

 

In the Media


Setting it Up


Downloads

For Windows NT drivers use the embedded Cirrus Logic 5440 drivers in the operating system. There were no drivers for Windows 95.

Operation Manual
(missing)

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Original Utility Disk
Version 1.2, 6th Nov 1995

Horizon Video Utility/Drivers release 1.2

ROM BIOS (PCI)
Version 2.2

AT27C256R DIP-28 EPROM chip.
Courtesy of DOS Days' contributor, targeted

ROM BIOS (PCI)
Version 2.3

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Windows 3.1 Drivers
Version 1.00, 8th Sep 1995

Horizon Plus Video Windows 3.1x drivers release 1.00 disk 1 of 2. Disk 2 is corrupt - please get in touch if you can provide this!

 

 

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STB Systems Horizon Plus, courtesy of DOS Days' contributor, targeted