BlizzardVision GFX cards
(A brief history...)
by DarkHorsE



Well I don`t bloody believe it..!! After 9 months of waiting, 
the BlizzardVision GFX cards for our beloved AMiGA are finally 
here.. :D The BlizzardVision (or BVision for short) for those of 
you who haven`t the faintest, is a top of the tree graphics card 
for PowerPC equipped AMiGA`s. The BVision sports the`Permedia 2` 
3D chip which obviously not only has blistering 3D performance but 
also has outstanding 2D performance too..

To be honest, it`s been a real ballache waiting around for these 
cards to appear but there`s been a bit of history where this is 
concerned..

The company that were originally producing the cards namely Phase5 
(based in Germany) sent a batch of BVisions over here to back up 
the launch of the PPC boards. These were quickly snapped up and 
those people wanting one shortly afterwards (like ME) were constantly 
reassured that another batch were being sent over to England shortly... 
...but this went on for months and months.

Earlier this year Phase5 went into receivership and we all thought that 
was it..!!!! :(

Not so, a company called DCE took over the production of BVisions 
aswell as other cards in the PowerPC range and although at one point 
there was a struggle finding components and a few hardware problems 
to boot, the initial teething troubles at DCE were ironed out and the 
cards are now shipping again. WAHOO..!!

Ironically enough, my BVis has just arrived while I`m typing this
 very article.

--> Now is that spooky or what..?? <-- 

My thanks must go to Eyetech for their fast service on this one 
`cos I only sent my order off two days ago and here beside me is
a nice big jiffy bag with groovy but rather expensive goodies inside..!! :)

OK well I`ll leave it that and I must apologise if this message
is a little short, but if I`m gonna reach the deadline date (Today) 
I better get it away pronto. I can`t really be bothered typing 
anymore at this stage `cos I`ve not long been in from work (nights
y`see) and I am in a state of serious saggy headedness. Zzzz...

So all that`s left for me to say is long live Grapevine and long 
live the MiGGy.. We luv ya..

Stay toOned.



This short article was originally entered for a previous GV revival 
and has been plucked from obscurity! It is dated around the late 90's 
(1999 I think?) but it needed to see the light of day again for 
nostalgic reasons and also the fact that it was me who wrote it, 
under my old handle of course! haha! - DaZZaBoY