• nth graphics mca adapter

    From Alexandros@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 16 20:18:33 2023
    Anyone from the group picked this one up?

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/186037777112?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=mYMBDKnvRru&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=LFC-JFTBRDe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Alexandros on Wed Aug 16 19:07:26 2023
    Not me, I don't have it.

    Little [read NO] documentation on drivers or chips.

    "NTH Engine 2D"
    INMOS IMST414B-J15
    Bt454KJP
    U54-U61 8x ZIPs
    U32-U39 8x 20 pin ZIPs
    U23-U30 solder holes for 8x 20 pin ZIPs

    P1 46 pin header for ?

    This puppy lacks a AVE, either AVE or BVE. It has a DB9 and a HDD-15
    port, so I >ASS U ME< it has base video on it.

    Alexandros wrote:

    Anyone from the group picked this one up?

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/186037777112?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=mYMBDKnvRru&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=LFC-JFTBRDe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY


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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed Aug 16 19:09:13 2023
    Inmos Corporation IMST414BG15S

    RISC Microprocessor, 32-Bit, 15MHz, CMOS, CPGA84


    Louis Ohland wrote:
    INMOS IMST414B-J15

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed Aug 16 19:27:27 2023
    https://happytrees.org/files/chips/datasheets/databook-Inmos-Transputer-Second_Edition-1989.pdf

    Page 355

    Louis Ohland wrote:
    https://www.bighole.nl/pub/mirror/homepage.ntlworld.com/kryten_droid/inmos/ims_t414.htm


    Messy

    Louis Ohland wrote:
      Inmos Corporation IMST414BG15S

    RISC Microprocessor, 32-Bit, 15MHz, CMOS, CPGA84


    Louis Ohland wrote:
    INMOS IMST414B-J15

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed Aug 16 19:24:43 2023
    https://www.bighole.nl/pub/mirror/homepage.ntlworld.com/kryten_droid/inmos/ims_t414.htm

    Messy

    Louis Ohland wrote:
     Inmos Corporation IMST414BG15S

    RISC Microprocessor, 32-Bit, 15MHz, CMOS, CPGA84


    Louis Ohland wrote:
    INMOS IMST414B-J15

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Wed Aug 16 19:22:37 2023
    Louis Ohland wrote:
     Inmos Corporation IMST414BG15S

    RISC Microprocessor, 32-Bit, 15MHz, CMOS, CPGA84


    Louis Ohland wrote:
    INMOS IMST414B-J15

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 20 13:08:06 2023
    https://archive.org/details/computer-graphics-world-december-1988/page/98/mode/1up

    Still not sure of the header for the daughter card. 3D Nth Engines can
    us a T800 for shading, the T414 is drawing.

    Nth Graphics Zooms

    Users of the IBM PS/2 Model 50, 60, 70, and 80 can zoom large drawings
    produced with PC-based CAD design software, including AutoCAD Release 9
    and 10, VersaCAD, DataCAD, RoboCAD 4, HICAD GM-1000, and Infinite
    Graphics drawings, in about two seconds with the Nth Engine/MCA display controller from Nth Graphics (Austin, TX).

    The Nth Engine/MCA achieves its speed through a unique design that
    combines the graphics processing power of the T414 Transputer with
    multiple custom graphics chips and holds a compressed copy of the
    drawing’s vector display list locally in 1M of onboard display list RAM.

    The Nth Engine/MCA has the same capability as the original Nth Engine
    display controller, including the Nth Birdseye, a pop-up window that
    shows the entire drawing with the zoom-in area highlighted, instant
    color on/off, and Zoomslides.

    Priced at $4295, the 16-color graphics board drives monitors with
    1024by-768 resolution. It can also be used with either one or two
    monitors to display the drawing and text simultaneously or separately.
    Another megabyte of display-list RAM can be added for a total of 2M. And
    a daughter board can be added to increase the display-list RAM up to 4.5M.

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Sun Aug 20 13:18:10 2023
    80E7 Nth Engine/MCA for the IBM PS/2

    Louis Ohland wrote:
    https://archive.org/details/computer-graphics-world-december-1988/page/98/mode/1up


    Still not sure of the header for the daughter card. 3D Nth Engines can
    us a T800 for shading, the T414 is drawing.

    Nth Graphics Zooms

    Users of the IBM PS/2 Model 50, 60, 70, and 80 can zoom large drawings produced with PC-based CAD design software, including AutoCAD Release 9
    and 10, VersaCAD, DataCAD, RoboCAD 4, HICAD GM-1000, and Infinite
    Graphics drawings, in about two seconds with the Nth Engine/MCA display controller from Nth Graphics (Austin, TX).

    The Nth Engine/MCA achieves its speed through a unique design that
    combines the graphics processing power of the T414 Transputer with
    multiple custom graphics chips and holds a compressed copy of the
    drawing’s vector display list locally in 1M of onboard display list RAM.

    The Nth Engine/MCA has the same capability as the original Nth Engine
    display controller, including the Nth Birdseye, a pop-up window that
    shows the entire drawing with the zoom-in area highlighted, instant
    color on/off, and Zoomslides.

    Priced at $4295, the 16-color graphics board drives monitors with
    1024by-768 resolution. It can also be used with either one or two
    monitors to display the drawing and text simultaneously or separately. Another megabyte of display-list RAM can be added for a total of 2M. And
    a daughter board can be added to increase the display-list RAM up to 4.5M.

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Sun Aug 20 21:56:07 2023
    Nth Engine/MCA or Nth Engine/2 ?

    Both might be "Nth Engine Model 330".

    Louis Ohland wrote:
    https://archive.org/details/computer-graphics-world-december-1988/page/98/mode/1up


    Still not sure of the header for the daughter card. 3D Nth Engines can
    us a T800 for shading, the T414 is drawing.

    Nth Graphics Zooms

    Users of the IBM PS/2 Model 50, 60, 70, and 80 can zoom large drawings produced with PC-based CAD design software, including AutoCAD Release 9
    and 10, VersaCAD, DataCAD, RoboCAD 4, HICAD GM-1000, and Infinite
    Graphics drawings, in about two seconds with the Nth Engine/MCA display controller from Nth Graphics (Austin, TX).

    The Nth Engine/MCA achieves its speed through a unique design that
    combines the graphics processing power of the T414 Transputer with
    multiple custom graphics chips and holds a compressed copy of the
    drawing’s vector display list locally in 1M of onboard display list RAM.

    The Nth Engine/MCA has the same capability as the original Nth Engine
    display controller, including the Nth Birdseye, a pop-up window that
    shows the entire drawing with the zoom-in area highlighted, instant
    color on/off, and Zoomslides.

    Priced at $4295, the 16-color graphics board drives monitors with
    1024by-768 resolution. It can also be used with either one or two
    monitors to display the drawing and text simultaneously or separately. Another megabyte of display-list RAM can be added for a total of 2M. And
    a daughter board can be added to increase the display-list RAM up to 4.5M.

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