DOS Days

Diamond SpeedStar 64

The SpeedStar 64 was a Windows accelerator card. Internal memory access only runs at 32-bit if you have just 1 MB installed. The card runs at 64-bit if you install an extra 1 MB of video memory.

Released 1994
Bus ISA 16-bit, VESA Local Bus or PCI
Chipset Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
Standards Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA
Memory 1 MB (upgradable to 2 MB)
Ports 15-pin DSUB (video out)
26-pin VGA Feature connector
RAMDAC  
Part #  
FCC ID FTUISA5434A (ISA version), FTUSA5434A (VLB version)
Price Feb 1995: $149 (1MB ISA or PCI) / $195 (2MB ISA or PCI), Apr 1997: $92 (2MB ISA)
See Also SpeedSTAR 24, SpeedSTAR 24X

 

 

Board Revisions

Just one board revision is known: A3.

 

Competition

 

In the Media

 

Setting it Up


Downloads

Operation Manual
(missing)

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Original Utility Disk
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VGA BIOS ROM
v2.02 (missing)

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More Pictures

Original packaging for the SpeedStar 64

SpeedStar 64 PCI