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From: wsmith@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Looking for a book on the design of
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Date: 30 Jul 88 04:27:00 GMT
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>I am looking for a book on the hardware design of video display controllers
>(the memory mapped sort in simple micro-computers). 


Why not get the data book for one of the VLSI video drivers?  TI has one,
TMS9918A that looks simple to design into a system.  (I've never
used one, so I don't know if it will do what you want.)  I would recommend
looking for VLSI chips and writing to the manufacturers to get data books.

Is there any reason to try building such a beast in MSI or SSI any more?

Bill Smith		uiucdcs!wsmith		wsmith@cs.uiuc.edu