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- Contacts: Scott Brodrick
- RasterOps Corporation
- 2500 Walsh Avenue
- Santa Clara, CA 94087
- (408) 562-4200
- AppleLink: RASTEROPS2
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- Mary MacGregor
- Miller Communications
- (415) 962-9550
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- RasterOps Announces 8L, 24L Color Display Boards
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- Santa Clara, CA--June 5, 1990—-RasterOps Corporation (NASDAQ:ROPS), a leader
- in color display technology for the Macintosh, today announced the 8L and 24L
- Display Boards, 24-bit true color display boards for the Macintosh II family
- that provide flicker-free, multiple-resolution displays for most 13-, 16- and
- 19-inch monitors. The boards are also available as system packages with
- RasterOps' 16-inch and 19-inch monitors.
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- The boards provide flexible system configurations that support image
- resolutions of 640 x 480, 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 pixels at screen refresh
- rates of 60Hz or 75Hz. The 8L Display Board offers the same features as the 24L
- but provides an inexpensive, entry-level color solution which can easily be
- upgraded to 16.7 million colors by adding additional memory with the RasterOps
- 8L VRAM Expansion Kit.
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- Both the 8L and 24L Display Boards support Block Mode Transfer, the Apple
- standard for transferring large amounts of data rapidly across the bus, and the
- RasterOps Accelerator, a Quick Draw graphics accelerator which significantly
- boosts overall performance of 24-bit color, graphics-intensive applications.
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- The boards support display bit modes from monochrome through photorealistic
- color with true WYSIWYG display resolution (72 dots per inch), which allows
- users to visualize the actual printed result. Pan/Zoom capabilities allow two
- or four times screen enlargement and quick document panning. The Extended
- Desktop feature creates a bigger desktop window, advantageous when working with
- large documents.
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- "With the 8L and 24L boards supporting Block Mode Transfer, the Accelerator can
- then be used to take advantage of the quicker transfer of data," said Scott
- Brodrick, product manager at RasterOps. "This will make full-color graphics
- applications work faster and smoother."
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- Price and Availability
- The 8L Display Board will have a suggested retail price of $1995, while the 24L
- Display Board will be priced at $3995. The 24L is available immediately; the
- 8L will begin shipping in June. The RasterOps 8L VRAM Expansion Kit will have
- a suggested retail price of $1995. The RasterOps 8L System package, which
- includes the 8L board and 19-inch monitor, will retail for $6190; the 8L System
- 16 includes a 16-inch monitor for $4990. The RasterOps 24L System includes a
- 19-inch monitor and lists for $8190; the 24L System 16 includes a 16-inch
- monitor at $6990.
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- RasterOps, headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., designs, manufactures and
- markets photorealistic color-imaging products primarily for the graphic arts,
- printing, publishing and related industries.
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- QuickDraw is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
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- developer. Apple cannot warrant any third party’s product. Please consult the
- Apple Products & Ref Library, MENU/Software Library, or Redgate Buyer’s Guide
- Library on AppleLink, or contact the third-party company directly for more
- information.
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