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Not Mac: Orchid Kelvin 64 MPEG VBA video card
Found this puppy at the local recycler. Or rather, my brother found it. Orchid Kelvin 64 MPEG VBA/VESA video card. 2MB memory and has an MPEG decoder on it. Not too shabby for a DOS video card. 
I'll be using this puppy in my DOS gaming rig.
I'll be using this puppy in my DOS gaming rig.
That card will be a cracker, make sure it is coupled with your finest 486 DX4-100! From vague memory is the Tseng Labs ET4000/6000 the fastest VLB card you can get?
Fastest depends on color depth and resolution. My fastest VLB were high end S3 cards with 4MB of RAM, fastest at 24 bit was probably a Matrox card that is a mile long.
Holy crap that's a crowded VESA card.
I see two additional VRAM pads. Try soldering in more and see if you can upgrade to 4mb.
I see two additional VRAM pads. Try soldering in more and see if you can upgrade to 4mb.
Mine is already 2MB. The one with the open sockets is the 1MB version, which you can upgrade to 2MB. Unfortunately you can't get 4MB on this card.
Here's mine:
Here's mine:
It does have a feature connector. Supposedly I can expand the function of the video card.
Usually you attached an MPEG card through the VFC however that's integrated. You can however attach a tuner, frame grabber or perhaps budget in for a VFX1.
The VESA connector was used mostly for overlay cards (CAD, video capture) to dump video to the primary card.