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From: mike@tslvax.UUCP (Michael J. Tobias)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X Window System vs Medical (Radiology) Imaging Applications
Message-ID: <359@tslvax.UUCP>
Date: 2 Oct 90 17:49:26 GMT
References: <27308@usc.edu>
Organization: Tech Source Laboratories, Altamonte Springs
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in article <27308@usc.edu>, dra@neuro.usc.edu (Diane Annala) says:
> Xref: tslvax comp.windows.x:19614 comp.os.vms:19352
> Nntp-Posting-Host: neuro.usc.edu
> 
> First, could someone send me email with information about high resolution
> (e.g. 2Kx2K plus) frame buffers/monitors compatible with X Window System?
> 
> Second, are there any plans to provide a new visual class with a depth of
> 12 or more bits under the standard distribution of the X Widow System?  I
> am concerned that we may otherwise exclude medical imaging applications--
> which often require 12 bit greyscale images to capture subtle shadows--if
> we don't extend the potential depth of the greyscale visual.
> 
> Diane

Diane,

I tried to email you this information, but it got bounced back.

Tech-Source makes a board called the GDS-3950 which drives several high
resolution color and monochrome displays, such as:

	Sony 2048 x 2048 color display
	Tektronix GMA 201 2048 x 1600 monochrome display

The GDS-3950 is a single size 9U card, with complete software to run
and accelerated version of X11R4 in many of the Sun machines which support
the VMEbus (Sun-3/1xx, Sun-3/2xx, Sun-4/110, Sun-4/2xx, Sun-4/3xx, etc.).

The board supports up to 20 image planes fully configured 8-bits double
buffered plus 4-bits overlay.

For more information contact:

Tech-Source, Inc.
442 S. North Lake Blvd
Altamonte Springs, FL  32701
(407) 830-8301
Attn:  Dick Bendfelt

Mike Tobias
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