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From: entity@cccan.uucp (Cybernetworx)
Subject: Re: Idea for a graphics board
Message-ID: <1991Jun16.023045.2501@cccan.uucp>
Keywords: 24 bit
Organization: CCCAN
References: <1991May28.191019.13406@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <hassell.676599561@tramp.Colorado.EDU>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 91 02:30:45 GMT

In article <hassell.676599561@tramp.Colorado.EDU> hassell@tramp.Colorado.EDU writes:
>nygardm@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Michael T. Nygard) writes:
>
>[]Here's a description of my dream graphics board
>
>[i860 processor for anti-aliasing lines, fast 3d polygon renders, Goroud & Phong
>[] shading. (64 bit busses.)
>[] 4M memory for frame buffer & z-buffer
>[] 1024x1024x24 resolution
>[] 8 bit z-buffer
>
>[] Anybody know of such a beast, or anything similar.  If not, I'll start doing
>[] some designs.
>
>No not really.  I suppose it would be nice.

Hmm, am I the only person to have heard of the Innosphere graphics board
for the amiga?  If I recall properly, sometime about a year ago, a fellow
posted up a message describing just such a board that he had been designing.
I am positive I have the message buffered somewhere on my HD that gave
full specs on the board.  I do remember that it came with options to have
either 1 or 2 i860's running in parallel.  It supported 1280x1024x24 (?)
and 1024x1024x32 (?).  It did say that it performed at roughly 70 Mflops
with 1 i860.  Could render at 96 bits per pixel.  Hmm, I'll have to dig
it up...but has anyone else heard about this, or remember the post?  At
the time it was posted, I remember the guy said it wasn't completed but
was almost finished.  He also said price would be between $5000-$10000.
I think the low end configuration came with 4 megs of ram, and also came
in 8 and 32 meg versions.  This is all from memory, and this *WAS* a long
time ago, so there is a chance that some of my numbers/facts are wrong.
 

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