Picture of Merlin
Manufacturer: X-Pert Computer Services
Manu ID Num:
Card ID: ?
Chipset: Tseng Labs ET4000W32p - 24bit
Ram: 2, 4, 8, 16MB
Bus: Zorro II & III autosensing.
Pixel Clock: 130Mhz 8bit, 65Mhz 16bit, 43Mhz 24bit
Max Res:
1900×1200×8 50 Hz
1600×1200×8 70 Hz
1280×1024×8 65 Hz
1024×768×16 75 Hz
800×600×16 90 Hz
800×600×24 60 Hz
RTG Support
Picasso 96: Yes
Cybergraphx: No
EGS: Yes
Card Specific RTG Systen: Yes
Features/Connectors
S-VHS out
RGB out
F-BAS out
Jumper8 Jumper9 Frequency 2-3 2-3 50Mhz 1-2 2-3 55Mhz 2-3 1-2 60Mhz 1-2 1-2 65Mhz
The board has an RGB in socket (standard VGA type) which feeds an auto switcher on the board. It has no scandoubling, but if the native screens are fed into a scandoubler, then into this connector, seamless use of the graphics card and Amiga chipset can be achieved for those without an A4000 video slot. There is a cable provided as standard with the card. There is a feature connector header on the Merlin to accomodate a video digitiser module made by Xpert called the X-Calibur. No matter how much ram is on the board, only 2meg of it is addressable under Zorro2 operation. Please also note that this board does not work on the Zorro IV busboard as available from Power Computing.
Additional Information thanks to Vaughn Atkinson