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A CORE REFRESH COLOR DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MINICOMPUTERS

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

A raster-scanned, color display system refreshed by recycling data stored in the core memory of a Digital Equipment Corporation PDP 8/E minicomputer is described in detail. The system, which makes use of the computer's Data Break facility, was tested on a monochromatic monitor but is capable of generating images in seven colors with a flicker rate of sixty hertz. The limited amount of core memory available with this type of minicomputer has forced certain restrictions on the overall capability of the system, particularly for cartographic data which was the main point of interest in this work.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Level thesis:degree_level
Masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Electrical Engineering
Grantor
University of Saskatchewan
Year dc:date.issued
1974

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Goldie, James Alexander
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Boyle. A. R.

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Handle dc:identifier.uri
https://hdl.handle.net/10388/11623
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:harvest.usask.ca:10388/11623

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citation

Goldie, James Alexander. A CORE REFRESH COLOR DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MINICOMPUTERS. Masters thesis, University of Saskatchewan, 1974. https://hdl.handle.net/10388/11623