lky@hpsgpa.HP.COM (Lim Kim Yeow) (07/14/89)
AX Standard PC in Japan Can anybody provide any information on what AX computer standard is ? I only knew that is it going to be a next commercial standard in Japan. Thanks in advance.
suzuki@tkl.iis.u-tokyo.junet (Shinji Suzuki) (07/15/89)
As I have moved to U*ix world I posses a little knowledge on PC trends.
But I'll try to toss my two cents.
Basically, AX is an PC-AT architecture with extensions for handling
Kanji Characters. The extensions are in video display, BIOS, and
keyboard. The standard display card is named JEGA, which operates in
two major modes, EGA(640x350) compatible and JEGA(640x480) with kanji
support. BIOS input/output routines are enhanced to handle 2 byte
kanji code and a couple of keytops are added to facilitate Kanji
input.
In comp.sources.d point of view, the AX's compatibility to the PC is
quite impressive especially in AT mode. Therefore it mainly appeals to
software developers and hackers. But business users, who determines
the success or fail of personal computers, will not be fascinated by
T**bo Pascal Ver5.0, T**Speed Modula-2, E*sil*n, rich archives of
comp.binaries.ibm.pc,etc. There is a little suspicion on the success
of AX, though it is going to be a next commercial standard according
to the expectation of AX participants. Sanyo, Cannon, Sharp, Sony,
Mitsubishi, Acer, Yokogawa Hewlett Packerd(spell?), etc seem to
manufacture AX machines.
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