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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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!