Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:12309 comp.sys.ibm.pc:53852 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf.edu!root From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Displaying 24-bit Color on an IBM PC Summary: The HGSC is the cheapest I've seen. Message-ID: <3025@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> Date: 10 Jul 90 03:07:05 GMT References: <33634@ut-emx.UUCP> Organization: Computer Center, UCSF Lines: 31 In article <33634@ut-emx.UUCP>, jjr@ut-emx.UUCP writes: > I need to display 24-bit color images on an IBM PC AT. > Who sells the necessary hardware? A recently introduced product from Hercules (Berkeley, CA) called the HGSC (Hercules Graphics Station Controller) is the least expensive such device I have heard of (List $1024, I have seen it advertised for $755 -- at McTek, Berkeley, CA). It does the normal VGA/super VGA modes up to 1024x768 at 8bits/pixel as well as 24 bits/pixel at 512x480 and 15 bits/pixel at 640x480. The standard configuration includes a TI 34010 and 1 MB memory. A version with more memory (not for display, for the 34010) is also announced. It is supposed to implement the TIGA (TI Graphics Adapter?) interface in addition to super VGA. I have seen no reviews yet but I have seen the board at a dealer's shop (McTek). I have no connection with McTek except as a pleased customer. They are at (415) 525-5129. Thos Sumner Internet: thos@cca.ucsf.edu (The I.G.) UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf!thos BITNET: thos@ucsfcca U.S. Mail: Thos Sumner, Computer Center, Rm U-76, UCSF San Francisco, CA 94143-0704 USA I hear nothing in life is certain but death and taxes -- and they're working on death. #include