Tektite Xtram Graphics Module

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Author: Stuart Green
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 1989 08:19

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    Tektite, a new British company marketing transputer-based graphics products,
has just announced the Xtram - an Inmos TRAM module with a T4 or T8 transputer
and an Intel 82786 graphics coprocessor. 

    Unlike many other transputer graphics boards on the market, the Xtram 
supports low level graphics drawing and display functions by employing a
special purpose processor, so that the transputer may be used to perform
higher level operations.  The preliminary data describes the Xtram as
follows:

    . 10 MIP Inmos Transputer with 2Mbyte memory plus optional 1.5Mflop
      floating point unit.
    . Powerful Intel 82786 Graphics Coprocessor plus 1Mbyte of display memory,
      fully accessible by the controlling transputer.
    . Hardware Windows - up to 16 window tiles per horizontal line.
    . High Performance Hardware BitBlt - 24 Mbit/s plus hardware drawing of
      lines, circles, rectangles, polylines, polygons, arcs, points and
      patterns.
    . Hardware character drawing with arbitrary character sizes, colours, paths
      and rotations.  Multiple character set support.
    . Fully programmable display resolutions and display clocks, including
      interlaced or non-interlaced displays.  Integrated phase locked loop for
      synchronising to external video sources.
    . Palette allows display of 256 colours from a selection of over 16 million.
    . Simplified programming interface, with no requirement for special purpose
      compilers or development software.  Comprehensive C software package
      included.
    . Size 4 Transputer Module (TRAM) package with 16 active pins; follows the
      Inmos TRAM specification.  9.3x11.0 cm (3.66x4.35 inch.)  Can be used in
      PCbus, MicroChannel, Multibus-1, Multibus-2, NuBus, and VME bus systems,
      or as a component in non-standard systems.

    Further information can be obtained from:

        Tektite Ltd.,
        P.O. Box 5,
        Felixstowe,
        Suffolk,
        IP11 7LW,
        England.

        Tel. 0394 672117
        Telex 987458 TKTITE G.

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Stuart Green
University of Bristol
green@uk.ac.bristol.compsci

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