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Developed by VESA group that standarised the local bus on 486 PCs (though the bus can be found on some 386 and Pentium motherboards as well) in late 1992. Prior to VLB, many motherboard manufacturers had their own proprietary local buses. Vesa local bus was designed primarily for graphics adapters, but hard disk controllers were also popular. A few network interface cards also exist. The VLB 1.0 specification supports 3 cards at 25MHz, 2 cards at 33MHz and 1 card at 40MHz. 50MHz was only supported if the VGA was integrated into the motherboard. However, if both motherboard and component quality are exceptionally high, it is possible to run outside of these specs. VL-bus competed primarily with PCI, which was released around the same time. VLB was initially more popular due to lower cost, but PCI displaced it completely when Pentiums became mainstream. Later into VLBs life a V2.0 specification was released that addressed some of the limitations of V1.0, but it is unknown if any motherboards or expansion cards used it (highly unlikely). OPTi was one of the last holdovers for VLB, as you can find Pentium Socket5 motherboards equipped with the slots. VLB was very popular in 1993 and 1994, but by 1995 it began to disappear, and was all but dead by 1996.

Below is an almost complete list of SVGA adapters for VLB:

Acronics ASI2000 Orion 32 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430
Acronics ASI2000 Orion 64 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
Actix GraphicsEngine 32 Plus S3 801
Actix GraphicsEngine 32 LB S3 805i
Actix GraphicsEngine VL+ S3 805i
Actix GraphicsEngine Ultra Plus S3 928
Actix ProStar VL Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426/8
Acumos AVGA3 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5422/4/6
Acumos AVGA4 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428
Air Star2000 Weitek P9000
American Megatrends Fast View Weitek P9000
Appian Renegade 1280 (Pro) Cirrus Logic CL-GD5402 + Appian AGC-98032
Artist Graphics 2000 Artist 3GA
Artist Graphics 2000 Pro Artist 3GA
Artist Graphics 2000i Pro Artist 3GA
Artist Graphics 2000i GrayScale Artist 3GA
Artist Graphics 2000 Twin Pro(7) Artist 3GA
Artist Graphics WinSprint 1000 Artist GPX
Artist Graphics WinSprint 1000i Artist GPX
A.G. WinSprint 1000i GrayScale Artist GPX
Artist Graphics Xj1000 Artist GPX
Artist Graphics Xj1000i Artist GPX
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro (VRAM) ATI Mach32
ATI Graphics Wonder ATI Mach32
ATI Ultra Plus (DRAM) ATI Mach32
ATI Ultra XLR ATI Mach32
ATI Graphics Xpression (DRAM) ATI Mach64 GX
ATI Graphics Pro Turbo (VRAM) ATI Mach64 GX
ATI WinTurbo (VRAM) ATI Mach64 GX
ATI WinBoost (DRAM) ATI Mach64 CT
Boca SuperX VGA VL-Bus Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430
Boca VL-Bus SuperX Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426
Boca Vortex IIT AGX-015?
Boca Voyager Chips and Technologies 64300
Cardex Cobra Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i
Cardex Challenger Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p
Cardex Challenger Pro Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p
Cardex Mirage Plus UMC85C418
Cardinal SNAPplus-VL Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
CCS Labs MaxPower P9000/32
Colorgraphic Pro Lightning S3 Vision864
Colorgraphic Quad Pro L S3 Vision864
Creative 3D Blaster (CT6200) 3DLabs Game GLINT (GiGi)
DataExpert ExpertColor DSP6430 Chips and Technologies 64300
DataExpert ExpertColor DSP9310 Western Digital WD90C31/WD90C56
Dell 433/L S3 805
Dell 433/M S3 805
Dell 466/L S3 805
Dell 466/L Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i
DFI-WG1000 (Plus) Cirrus Logic CL-GD5422/6/8
DFI-WG5000VL Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i
DFI-WG6000 Western Digital WD90C33
DFI-WG9000 Weitek P9000
Diamond Alpine Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430/5434
Diamond SpeedStar Pro Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426/5428
Diamond SpeedStar 64 (15) Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
Diamond SpeedStar Pro SE (1) Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430
Diamond Stealth 24 LB S3 805
Diamond Stealth Pro (LB) S3 928
Diamond Stealth SE S3 Trio32
Diamond Stealth32 (5) Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p
Diamond Stealth64 DRAM S3 Vision864/Trio64
Diamond Stealth64 DRAM Video S3 Vision868
Diamond Stealth64 VRAM S3 Vision964
Diamond Stealth64 VRAM Video S3 Vision968
Diamond Stealth64 Video 2120 S3 Trio64
Diamond Stealth64 Video 2200 S3 Trio64
Diamond Stealth64 Video 3200 S3 Vision968
Diamond Stealth64 Video 3240 S3 Vision968
Diamond Stealth64 Video 3400 S3 Vision968
Diamond Stealth SE S3 Trio32
Diamond Viper Weitek P9000
Diamond Viper SE Weitek P9100
Diamond Viper Pro Video (6) Weitek P9100
EIZO VRAM? IIT AGX-015
ELSA Winner 1000 Pro S3 Vision864
ELSA Winner 1000 AVI S3 Vision868
ELSA Winner 1000TRIO S3 Trio64
ELSA Winner 2000 S3 928
ELSA Winner 2000 Pro S3 Vision964
ELSA Winner 2000 Pro/X S3 Vision968
ELSA Winner 2000 AVI S3 Vision968
Expert EVP/EVL 944 Trident 9440
Expert EVL 529 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5429
Expert EVL 28 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428
Expert EVL 32i Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i
Focus Cheetah XL Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428
Focus Cheetah 34 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
Focus Premier 1000 ARK1000PV
Focus Roadrunner 864 S3 Vision864
Focus TrueSpeed S3 801
Focus TrueSpeed W32P Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p
Full Yes Industrial Corp Chips and Technologies 64300
Genoa Audio Graphics Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426
Genoa 8500VL(-28) Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426/8
Genoa 8900 Phantom 32i Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i or ET4000/W32p
Genoa G Vision DX (9) Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
Genoa Hornet 8300VL NCR 77C32BLT
Genoa Phantom 32i Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p
Genoa Phantom 64i S3 Vision864
Genoa Video Blitz 9200VL Weitek P9000
Genoa Windows VGA 24 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426/28
Genoa Windows VGA64 8534 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
Hercules Dynamite D501 Tseng Labs ET4000/W32
Hercules Dynamite D601 Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i
Hercules Dynamite D602 Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i
Hercules Dynamite D901 Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p
Hercules Dynamite Power Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i or ET4000/W32p
Hercules Dynamite Pro Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i or ET4000/W32p
Hercules Graphite Pro IIT AGX-014/5/6
Hercules Graphite Power IIT AGX-016
Hercules Stingray Avance Logic,Inc. ALG2228/2301
Hercules Stingray Pro ARK1000PV
Hercules Stingray Pro/V ARK1000PV
Hercules Graphite Terminator 64 S3 Vision964
Hercules Terminator Professional S3 Vision968
Hercules Terminator 64/DRAM S3 Trio64
Hewlett Packard Vectra VL2 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428
IBM Valuepoint S3 805/928
IBM Valuepoint S3 Vision864
IBM Valuepoint Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i
I-O DATA DRAGONSTAR 64 GA-DR2/VLB Trident TGUI9660
I-O DATA Major ACCELA GA-DVL II Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
Infotronic IGP64 1280 Infotron. IGP64
Infotronic IGP64 1600 Infotron. IGP64
Matrox Impression Matrox MGA IS-TITAN/IS-DUBIC
Matrox Impression Pro Matrox MGA IS-TITAN/IS-DUBIC
Matrox Ultima Matrox MGA IS-ATLAS
Matrox Ultima Plus Matrox MGA IS-ATLAS
Matrox Impression Lite Matrox MGA IS-ATHENA
Media Vision Pro Graphics 1024 MVV452
Metheus+ 928-4M S3 928
Metheus+ P1700  ???
Metheus Premier 928 (ISA/VL) S3 928
MaxVision VideoMax MV-1 Weitek P9000
Micro-Labs Ultimate VGA Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i
Micro-Labs Ultimate TrueC./XL Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i/p
Mirage Wind 1280 (18) Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p
Miro Crystal 8S S3 801/805
Miro Crystal 10SD S3 801/805
Miro Crystal 12SD S3 Trio32
Miro Crystal 16S S3 928
Miro Crystal 20SD S3 Vision864/8 (3)?
Miro Crystal 20SV S3 Vision964
Miro Crystal 40SV S3 Vision964/8
Miro Video 12PD Alliance ProMotion 3210
miroVideo 20TD live! Tseng Labs ET4000/W32P + ET4000/V33
National MicroSystems Avance Logic,Inc. ALG2201
NCR NCR 77C22 not
NCR NCR 77C32BLT
Nth Graphics Nth Advantage S3 805
Nth Graphics s# Advantage (LB) S3 801/805
Nth Graphics Apex 1/2MB S3 Vision864
Nth Graphics Apex 4MB S3 Vision964
Number Nine GXE S3 928
Number Nine GXE 64 (3)? S3 Vision864/Trio64
Number Nine GXE 64 Pro S3 Vision964
Number Nine GXE 64 Pro 1600 S3 Vision964
Number Nine 9FX Motion 531 S3 Vision868
Number Nine 9FX Motion 771 S3 Vision968
Number Nine 9FX Vision 330 S3 Trio64
Ocean Saturn 1000 ARK1000VL
Ocean VL-VGA-1000  ???
Opti LCD VGA OPTI 92C168/178
Orchestra Accelerando NCR77C32BLT
Orchestra Alegretto UMC
Orchestra Presto VL S3 805
Orchid Celsius IIT AGX
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280+ S3 801/805
Orchid Fahrenheit LB S3 805
Orchid Fahrenheit VA S3 801/805
Orchid Fahrenheit 64 S3 Vision864
Orchid Fahrenheit Pro64 S3 Vision964
Orchid Fahrenheit ProVideo64 S3 Vision968
Orchid Kelvin EZ Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430
Orchid Kelvin MPEG Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
Orchid Kelvin 64 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
Paradise Accelerator Value OAK OTI087
Paradise Accelerator VL Plus Western Digital WD90C33
Paradise Accelerator VL Value TGUI9400CXi
Paradise Ports O'Call Western Digital WD90C33
Paradise Bahamas 64 S3 Vision864
Paradise Bahamas 64 Premium S3 Vision868
Paradise Bahamas 64 S3 Trio64/Trio64V
Paradise Bali 32 ARK1000PV
Paradise VL3000 Western Digital WD90C31?
PCG Photon Torpedo GXA9000 Weitek P9000
PCG Photon Torpedo LB S3 805
PCG Photon Torpedo Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
PraeoTek FastMax L20/P20 S3 Vision864
Prolink VLB32-Combo-1 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428
Prolink VLB32-Combo-2 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430
Prolink VLB32-Pro-2 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430?
Prolink VLB32-Pro-4 TGUI9400
Prolink MVGA-WDC33 Western Digital WD90C33
Radius FireStorm 192 S3 Vision864 (3x)
Sigma Concorde Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i
Sigma Designs f.64 gfx (11) Weitek P9100
Sigma Designs f.64 xvp (11) (6) Weitek P9100
Sixgraph Wizard 9000 Weitek P9000
Software Int. Mercury X2VL S3 805i
SPEA/V7 Showtime Plus Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p
SPEA/V7 Mirage VEGA Plus Avance Logic,Inc. ALG2228
SPEA/V7 Mercury S3 928
SPEA/V7 Mercury Lite S3 928
SPEA/V7 Mercury P-64 S3 Vision964
SPEA/V7 Mercury Pro S3 928
SPEA/V7 Mirage S3 Trio32
SPEA/V7 Mirage P64 S3 Vision864
SPEA/V7 Storm Pro Weitek P9100
SPEA/V7 VEGA Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426
SPEA/V7 VEGA Plus Avance Logic,Inc. ALG2228
SPEA/V7 VEGA Plus Avance Logic,Inc. ALG2301
SPEA/V7 VEGA Pro Trident 9440
Spider 32 VLB (Plus) Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428
Spider 64 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
Spider 256 Cache Chips and Technologies 64300
Spider Black Widow VLB IIT AGX-015
Spider Black Widow Plus IIT AGX-016
Spider Tarantula 64 S3 Vision964
Spider Pro-Vision 64 Alliance ProMotion 3210
Spider Pro-Vision 64 Alliance ProMotion 3210
Spider VLB Plus Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428
STB Express Avance Logic,Inc. ALG2228/2301
STB Horizon Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426/28
STB Horizon + Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430
STB LightSpeed VL Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i/p
STB Nitro 64 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434
STB Pegasus S3 928
STB Powergraph X-24 S3 801/805
STB Powergraph/V S3 Vision868
STB Powergraph VL-24 S3 805
STB Powergraph 64 S3 Trio64
STB Powergraph 64 Video S3 Trio64V+
STB Sprint 32-bit ???
STB Velocity 64V S3 Vision968(16)
Techworks Thunderbolt VL Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p
Techworks WarpVL-1 S3 Vision864?
Techworks WarpVL-2 S3 Vision864?
Techworks Thunderbolt64 Sierra Falcon64
UMAX Maxmedia CX/24 (13) S3 801/805 (?x)
UMAX Maxmedia CX/Expert S3 Vision864
VG-8000 WH Western Digital WD90C33?
Video7 Warp 10 LB S3 805
VideoLogic 928Movie S3 928
VideoLogic GrafixStar 300 S3 Trio64
VideoLogic GrafixStar 500 S3 Vision868
VideoLogic GrafixStar 700 S3 Vision968
Vision Enh. Windows Accelerator OAK OTI087
Vision Enh. Mongoose (13) OAK OTI6407
Vision E. Mongoose II (6) (14) OAK OTI6407
Western Digital RocketCHIP Western Digital WD33
Western Digital RocketCHIP Western Digital WD9710