Sounds neat: Wyse Technology Inc, San Jose, which by its own admission is doing much better in its core display terminal business than it is in its personal computer diversification, has announced what it describes as the high-resolution display subsystem for desktop publishing that can emulate all the popular graphics modes – CGA, MDA, Hercules, […]
Sounds neat: Wyse Technology Inc, San Jose, which by its own admission is doing much better in its core display terminal business than it is in its personal computer diversification, has announced what it describes as the high-resolution display subsystem for desktop publishing that can emulate all the popular graphics modes – CGA, MDA, Hercules, VGA and the Wyse WY-700. The WY-7190 19 monochrome display subsystem features a 16-bit board interface that operates with all IBM AT-alikes, including of course the company’s own 80286- and 80386-based machines. Designed specifically for the desktop publishing specialist what a pity most of the software doesn’t seem to be – the WY-7190 combines resolution of 1,280 by 960 pixels with an intelligent controller based on the Texas Instruments 34010 graphics processor to create a flicker-free monitor with one-to-one aspect ratio. The 32-bit TI34010 variant of Texas Instruments’ signal processing family is rated at 5 MIPS; the board has 16-bit memory architecture, wth 512Kb local working memory, 256Kb frame buffer video memory, a custom VLSI chip for compatibility and a 116MHz dot clock. Wyse reckons that the screen’s ability to emulate multiple graphics modes means that for the first time users can buy a single monitor to handle desktop publishing and applications that support desktop publishing. The high resolution mode supports most desktop publishing packages, including Ventura Publisher and Aldus Pagemaker. Drivers for Microsoft Windows and Digital Research GEM enable it to run other publishing and graphics programs – and there are also high resolution drivers for the likes of AutoCAD, PCAD and CADVance. The WY-7190 sells for $2,200, from November – but you have to pay another $400 if you want VGA, which comes on an optional extra board. The WY-7190 is pitched as a high-end complement to the firm’s $1,000 WY-700 15 monitor/controller subsystem, which according to Dataquest accounted for about 40% of the desktop publishing market in 1987.
