Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cornell.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!doug From: doug@cornell.UUCP Newsgroups: net.graphics,net.micro,net.micro.pc Subject: New IBM PC graphics board Message-ID: <2052@cornell.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 10:17:47 EST Article-I.D.: cornell.2052 Posted: Thu Nov 1 10:17:47 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Nov-84 06:07:10 EST Distribution: net Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept. Lines: 37 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}