ARK 1000VL
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I found this Ark Logic ARK1000VL in a 486DX2/66 system. The card does its job good under MS-DOS.

ARK Logic had three chips in its early days. The 160-pin ARK1000VL (VLB), 160-pin ARK1000PV (PCI) and 208-pin ARK2000PV (PCI). The latter has a 64-bit memory interface.

This model is the ARK1000VL, which is ARK's first chip, that comes with a Vesa Local Bus (VLB) connector. Vesa Local Bus is a faster bus than the old ISA bus and can be used for graphic cards or hard drive controllers. In 33MHz bus systems (DX33, DX2/66 and DX4/100 for example) the Vesa Local Bus runs at 33MHz, too.

ARK Logic made newer chips but stopped in 1999.

Specifications
Chipset
1000VL
PCB date
9449
Chip date
9428
RAM
1MB EDO 60NS (Alliance)
Interface
VLB
Condition
Card only
TV functions?
No
Engineering sample?
No
RAMDAC
AT&T ATT20C490-80
Board revision
B