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Here is one more for you Jeff.

The following data sheet was entered by one of the Engineers
working on the product.  Sanitized by me for non-HP consumption.

John Kempff

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This data sheet is for the release of AXDS/PC which support the
HP A1086A Intelligent Graphics Controller 10  Card.

The information has been manually entered from the data sheet with the best
of my ability. Diagrams and some stuff has been intentionally left out. 
I have added some extra notes  on topics being asked frequently.

The data sheet part number is 5953-3768.

Mohan Mistry				John Kempff
Project leader for AXDS/PC		Support Team Staff
Software -  R&D				AXDS/PC and X-Terminals
mistry@hppad.hp.com			kempff@hppad.hp.com



			Panacom Automation Division.
			Hewlett Packard Canada Ltd.,
			20 Lexington Road,
			Waterloo, N2J 3Z3 
			Ontario CANADA
			(519) 886 5320

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                ACCELERATED X WINDOW DISPLAY SERVER
                ----------------------------------
                                FOR
                                ---
                     THE HP VECTRA PC FAMILY
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                        TECHNICAL DATA SHEET
                        ====================


FEATURES
---------

o Network access to UNIX(TM) system based X Window applications

o X Window System Version 11, Release 3 Support.

o Supports up to 256 colors form a palette of 262,143

o Supports panning with root window of 1024x1024  on  all monitors.

o X-Server graphics performance equivalent to an entry-level diskless 
  workstation

o Single keystroke access to the DOS operating system.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
--------------------

The HP Accelerated X Window Display Server (HP AXDS/PC) is a software package
that runs on a PC-AT bus compatible personal computers including the HP Vectra
PC family.

HP AXDS/PC is based on the X Window System Version 11, Release 3 industry-
standard graphical user interface. Together with the HP Intelligent Graphics
Controller card, it allows a PC to act as an X Window Terminal.

HP AXDS/PC gives a  PC user access to a X Window applications running on
multivendor host computers over a local area network.

Applications such as mechanical and electrical design, industrial automation,
business UNIX, and computer-aided software engineering can be interactively
accesses and simultaneously displayed in multiple windows on a PC using 
HP AXDS/PC.

HP AXDS/PC bridges the gap between DOS and UNIX environments by providing
a single keystoke (warm key) that enables access to the DOS operating
system while retaining the X Window environment.

HP AXDS/PC provides a cost effective means of upgrading and linking the PC
into a multivendor computing environment.

SUPPORTED PC CONFIGURATIONS.
----------------------------

The HP AXDS/PC software is downloaded to and executed by HP Intelligent
Graphics Controller 10 card. It operates on IBM PC-AT bus compatible
personal computers including the HP Vectra PC A,A+,A++ (with upgraded
ROM BIOS A.01.06),CS, ES, QS and RS family members.

HP AXDS/PC requires the PC to include the following minimum components:
                                                    --------

+ MS-DOS or PC-DOS operating system revision 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 4.01

+ 640 Kbytes of RAM

+ 5.25-inch (1.2MB high density) or 3.5 (low or high density) flexible
  disk drive

+ 6 Mbytes of free hard disk space 
  (to load HP AXDS/PC driver and X11 R2/R3 fonts).

+ HP A1086A Intelligent Graphics Controller 10 and HP A1085A 0.5MB DRAM kit

+ LAN card and LAN software.

+ Color graphics monitor with 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768 resolution that
  accepts RGB analog input (sync on green) using RS-343A voltages and display
  frames per second non-interlaced.

+ Pointing device.

 NOTE: HP AXDS/PC is also supported on the HP 82328A Intelligent Graphics 
       Controller. When using the HP 82328A, a 640x480 VGA or 800x600 monitor
       is not supported. This IGC card gives you only 16 colors and no 
       panning.


PC MEMORY ALLOCATION
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 80 Kbytes- DOS Operating system
105 Kbytes- Lan Software (TSR)
105 Kbytes- HP AXDS/PC software ( not a TSR)
350 Kbytes- DOS programs while in warm key mode.

When running DOS applications, extended and expanded memory and use of the
LAN by DOS applications, has been tested to operate with HP AXDS/PC.
( ie HP AXDS/PC does not make use of extended or expanded memory).

PERFORMANCE
-----------

HP AXDS/PC is designed to provide  graphics performance equivalent to
an entry level diskless workstation (2 MIP rated) configured as an
X Window display server.

The HP AXDS/PC software is executed by the HP Intelligent Graphics 
Controller 10 card. Performance is therefore not limited by the PC RAM or
the type of PC processor. By comparison, most other vendor solutions 
implement the X Window System display server on a PC as a DOS application.
Performance is the limited by the amount of PC RAM available
and by the performance of the PC processor.

The actual peformance of the HP AXDS/PC will depend upon the number of
of active window sessions,volume of network traffic, and the processing power
of the host computer that executes the X Window applications. 
ie Similar constraints that of a diskless workstation.

HP Intelligent Graphics Controller 10 card is optimized for high performance
2D graphics and provides for display of up to 256 colors form a palette
of 262,144 colors (when equipped for 8-plane grpahics).
For non-graphics applications ( eg xterm), the HP A1086A graphics card with
0.5MB of DRAM (A1085A) will normally be sufficient. If there is insufficient
RAM,  HP AXDS/PC provides a limited virtual memory feature that uses hard 
disk for  additional data storage and retrieval.

For graphics applications (eg large pixel maps), the on-board DRAM on the
HP Intelligent Graphics Controller 10 card must be expanded to include 1.0
to 2.0MB of DRAM (expanded in 0.5MB increments up to a maximum of 3.5MB)
by ordering the HP A1085A DRAM Kit and the HP A1087A Extension Module.

|Not in the data sheet but will be in the release.
|HP AXDS/PC also supports panning in which case the X-Server is configured
|for a display area of 1024x1024 pixels. Although the user sees a 
|window according to monitor resolution but rest of the offscreen area
|can be viewed by simply moving the cursor to edge of the screen.  Since
|this is done locally on the HP Intelligent Graphics Controller 10 card
|the response is instantaneous and without any extra overhead on
|clients or PC. This is a big plus for VGA monitor configurations.
|
|If panning mode is not selected the offscreen VRAM memory is allocated
|for use by the server.
|Additional VRAM ( 0.5MB thru 1.0MB) cannot be be utilised by server when in 
|16 Color mode.

ORDERDING INFORMATION
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PART NUMBER                     DESCRIPTION
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D2300B          HP AXDS/PC Software and fonts on 5.25" and 3.5"
                media including installation guide.

A1086A          HP Intelligent Graphics Controller 10 
                (16 colors from a palette of 262,144 Standard)

A1085A          0.5MB DRAM

A1087A          Extension module 
                Required if you need >0.5MB DRAM or 256 Colors.

A1084A          0.5MB VRAM. Support 256 Colors.

                So if you want  256 colors and 2.0 MB DRAM order.
                1 A1086A, 4 A1085A, 1 A1087A, 1 A1084A
                        

                LAN SOFTWARE
3COM-503        3COM Etherlink II Lan Card ( from 3COM or PC Dealer).

PC-220 (V2.03) PL3      PC/TCP LAN Software
       (V2.04) PL1      
                from:
                FTP Software Inc, 
                26 Princess Street, Wakefield, MA USA 01880-3004
                Phone (617) 246 0900 
                or from a PC dealer.


                COLOR MONITORS (choose one)
D1182A          HP 14-inch with 640x480 (Not supported with HP82328A IGC).
D1188A          HP 16-inch with 1024x768
98785A          HP 16-inch with 1024x768 Resolution (No VGA mode).
98751A          HP 19-inch with 1024x768 Resolution (No VGA mode).
D1187A          HP 20-inch with 1024x768 Resoloution


                POINTING DEVICE 
46060A          HP_HIL 2 button mouse
                or
                Microsoft and Logitech serial and bus mouses (200dpi)
                have been tested as an alternative pointing devices.

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Additional notes which may be helpful.

DOS/X_WINDOW DISPLAY CONFIGURATION
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i)                                                      MONITOR
                                                   +------- D1182A
        +-----------------------+                 /       | D1188A
        |                       |--------->------/        | D1187A
        | IGC10 CARD            |                \________|
        |                       |----<--+
        +-----------------------+       |               DOS and X-WINDOWS
                                        |
                +---------------+       |
                |               |       |
                |  VGA CARD     |-------+
                +---------------+

        The IGC10 card is in a pass thru mode for VGA at powerup
        and running DOS and other applications. 
        When X-Window Server mode the AXDS/PC switches the output 
        from IGC10 to be passed to the monitor.


ii)
                                                        MONITOR
                                                   +------- D1182A
        +-----------------------+                 /       | D1188A
        |                       |--------->------/        | D1187A
        | IGC10 CARD            |                \________| 98785A
        |                       |                           98751A
        +-----------------------+                       
                                        
                +---------------+                       
                | CGA,EGA,MGA   |                  +-------+
                |  or           |                 /        | DOS Screen
                |  VGA CARD     |------->--------/         |
                +---------------+                \_________|



        The IGC10 card is used when X Server is  running.

Notes:

IGC10 comes with DGIS, WIN386 and TIGA drivers.
AXDS/PC does not use these drivers.


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HP 82328A IGC card
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Initial versions of AXDS/PC ie D2300A supported only the HP 82328A card.

New versions ie D2300B also supports the HP 82328A although no new features
such as 256 colors and Panning are applicable due to h/w limitations.

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MEMORY USUAGE IN AXDS/PC BY TYPICAL X CLIENT

The following memory usuage numbers are approx and depends
a number of factors eg color allocation, fonts and Xdefaults.


CLIENT          Memory needed in Server (KBytes) in 256 colors modes
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XSERVER                         310

MWM                             41

HPWM                            52

UWM                             11

HPTERM                          22

XTERM                           11
        
DATEBOOK                        365     

XPHOON                          813

XPHOON (16 Colors)              408

FRAMEMAKER                      50      
(2 docs, & tool Window)

XHPCALC                         48      

XCALC                           68

XBIFF                           8       

XCLOCK                          8       

XLOAD                           16                      
        


The above numbers may vary according to .Xdefaults file, fonts, and colors
which are already present in the server.

The amount of free memory available at any time is displayed
on the DOS screen when <SHIFT>+<CTRL>+<ALT>+<ESC> is pressed.
(yes all four keys to-gether).

The amount of PC memory usage depends upon number of font files
specified in font.dir file in each font path directory.


When operating in VGA mode and screen size of 640x480x8planes, 
a 710K of offscreen memory is freed up for the server. Helpful if you
are $$$  constraint.


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UNIX is  a registered trademark of AT&T in the USA and other countries

X Window System is a trademark of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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