Re: Direct Memory Mapped displays for NeXT 486 (besides Dell JAWS)

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From: Bruce F. Webster
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:01

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In article <1992Jul23.014214.14059@sfc.sony.com> berger@sfc.sony.com (Bob  
Berger) writes:
> Allegedly NeXT 486 will work with VGA and Super VGA only in 2bit Greyscale.
> To do color and to be highest performance, one will need a Direct Memory  
Mapped
> display buffer with an appropriate color lookup table architecture (4/8 bits
> Red, 4/8 bits green, 4/8 bits blue, not the PC tradition of asymetrical RGB).
> 
> The only one we have found so far is the Dell JAWS, does anyone know of other
> motherboard, VESA or EISA board display implementations that meet these
> requirements?
> 

At the Publishing Developers Workshop last month, NeXT mentioned the Q-Vision  
system (from Compaq) and even Chip-and-Technology's Wingine as potentially  
compatible video systems. I don't actually know of anything outside of JAWS  
which is currently available, though.  ..bruce..

Bruce F. Webster
Director, BRI
bwebster@pages.com
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Subject: Re: Direct Memory Mapped displays for NeXT 486 (besides Dell JAWS)
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