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From: meindert@inducom.UUCP (Meindert Kuipers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: Looking for VME Graphics Board for X11 use
Message-ID: <2038@inducom.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 91 07:16:47 GMT
References: <32125@dime.cs.umass.edu>
Organization: Inducom Systems BV, Oss Netherlands
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From article <32125@dime.cs.umass.edu>, by heller@cs.umass.edu:
> I am looking to buy a graphics display board for my Force CPU-30 system.
> I am looking for a 6U VME (P1+P2) board with at least 1Kx780 (I could
> live with 800x600 and 1280x1k would be super, but not necessary) pixels,
> 8 bits per pixel, with a 8 bit to 24 (8 each red, green, and blue) color
> lookup table.  I want a board with mouse and keyboard interfaces
> (preferable with a mech. mouse and something close to a LK201 keyboard
> (like on DEC's VT200 terminals).  I would like a board for which an X11
> Server for OS-9/68K is available.
> 
> 	Robert Heller
> 	InterNet: heller@cs.umass.edu
> 	BIX: locks.hill.bbs
> 	FidoNet: 1:321/153 (Locks Hill BBS, Wendell, MA)
> 	CompuServe: 71450,3432

Check out VIGRA in San Diego. In the very near future, their MMI-100 and
MMI-250 will be supported by Microware as the reference boards for the
OS-9 X-Server. Both boards have all you want, although the MMI-250 has
a much higher resolution and a VSBbus interface. The MMI-100 has a DSP
on-board for audio applications. Both products are alse supported by
Microware's RAVE.
Features of MMI-100: 	- up to 1k*1k pixel  resolution
			- analog VGA-compatible monitor interface
			- 256*24 clour lookup table
			- Inmos G300 video controller
			- 1 MByte display memory (accessable from VMEbus)
			- 2 serial ports for mice or touchscreen
			- PC/AT compatible keyboard interface
			- DSP56001 with firmware and private program memory
			- 2.5 Watt Audio power output section
			- 14 bit A/D and D/A
			
Features of MMI-250: 	- up to 1280*1024 pixel resolution
			- analog VGA-compatible monitor interface
			- 256*24 clour lookup table
			- Inmos G300 video controller
			- 2 or 4 MByte display memory (accessable from VMEbus
			  and VSBbus)
			- 2 serial ports for mice or touchscreen
			- PC/AT compatible keyboard interface
			- SAA1099 stereo sound generator with 1 Watt output
			  per channel


In the USA contact:	Vigra, Inc.
			4901 Morena Blvd., Bldg. 502
			San Diego, CA 92117
			Phone: (619) 483-1197
			Fax: (619) 483-7531

My company is the VIGRA distributor in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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