doug@cornell.UUCP (11/01/84)
DISCLAIMER: The following info. is my understanding of the product,
which may or may not be correct. I think it is.
Specifications for the IBM Professional Graphics Controller (#6451501)
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Hardware: 2 boards, 13'' long, occupying adjacent slots. Contains:
8088 Microprocessor
300KB Display RAM (640 X 480 pixels, 8 bits deep)
256 X 12-bit color lookup table (4 bits each for R,G, and B)
20KB Display List RAM
64KB Graphics Microcode ROM
Outputs: RGB from 0 to 0.6V (in 16 40MV increments)
Composite horizontal & vertical synch, non-interlaced
Software: Routines for:
2-D & 3-D Basic Primitives (line, point, polygon)
2-D Advanced Primitives (arc, circle, rectangle, etc.)
3-D Transformations (matrices, rotations, perspective, etc.)
Windowing, Viewporting, Clipping
Display list manipulation (a la Evans & Sutherland)
Color look-up table manipulation
User-definable text fonts, sizing & justifying
Price: $2995
System Requirements: IBM PC AT, XT, or expansion unit.
Availability: October 1984 (anyone seen one yet?)
Doug Campbell
doug@cornell.{UUCP|ARPA}dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) (11/02/84)
Is the PC graphics board really 640x480 NON-INTERLACED? Does that mean it requires a monitor with 32KHz horizontal sweep? Those things are more expensive than the board itself!