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From: aw@cellar.bellcore.com (Andrew Wason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Hercules Graphics Station
Keywords: 24 bit frame buffer
Message-ID: <20380@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Date: 27 Feb 90 16:30:50 GMT
Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com
Reply-To: aw@cellar.bellcore.com (Andrew Wason)
Organization: Bell Communications Research
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A while ago some people posted asking about cheap
24 bit frame buffers for an AT bus.
Well, Hercules is about to release (April) a VGA
compatible 24 bit frame buffer for $1024.
This card also includes a TI 34010 graphics processor
which is supposed to make it 5 to 6 times faster than other VGA cards.

It supports these modes:

Resolution      # of Colors
----------      -----------
320x200         4, 16, 256
640x350         2, 16
640x480         2, 16, 256, 32768
512x480         16.7 million
800x600         256
1024x768        256         -interlaced
1024x768        256         -non-interlaced

Compare this to other 24 bit cards that don't
even have any VGA modes, like the Truevision TARGA 24 at $3995,
and this card seems like an unbelievably good deal at *** $1024 ***.

Has anyone actually seen this card yet?

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Andrew Wason
Bellcore
aw@cellar.bae.bellcore.com
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