STB MS Plus / STB MS+
The MS Plus was a later Super VGA card based on the Tseng Labs ET3000 chipset. It came with 256 KB soldered-in, but could be upgraded to 512 KB via eight 64Kx4 DRAM chips.
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Released | 1989 |
| Bus | ISA 16-bit | |
| Chipset | Tseng Labs ET3000AF | |
| Standards | Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA | |
| Memory | 256 KB (upgradeable to 512 KB) | |
| RAMDAC | Brooktree BT476KP66 (66 MHz) | |
| Ports | 15-pin DSUB (analogue video out) | |
| Part # | - | |
| FCC ID | - | |
| Price | - | |
| See Also | VGA/640, VGA Extra/EM |
Based on the Tseng Labs ET3000 chipset, it supported all the IBM VGA standard video modes including the extended text modes up to 132 columns by 44 rows.
Board Revisions
Just one board revision is known for the MS Plus, which is Rev. E.
Competition
In 1989, the VGA market was a busy place. Given IBM's very high price tag for their own Video Graphics Array (VGA) board, the market continued to produce their own offerings at much more competitive price tags and more features.
In the Media
Setting it Up
I have no information on the hardware configuration of this board.
Downloads
Operation Manual Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
Original Utility Disk Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
ROM BIOS v1.09 Courtesy of Andrew Welburn of Andys Arcade, |
More Pictures
Andrew Welburn's STB Systems MS Plus
from Andys Arcade
