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Digital Engineering, Inc.

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    Digital Engineering, Inc.

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[ SIGGRAPH 1985 ] [ SIGGRAPH 1984 ] [ SIGGRAPH 1983 ] [ SIGGRAPH 1982 ] [ SIGGRAPH 1981 ] [ SIGGRAPH 1980 ]

    SIGGRAPH 1985

    World’s first high-speed, integrated bit mapped architecture in a low-cost graphics terminal. Featuring high resolution and drawing speeds of one million pixels per second. Available in monochrone (four levels of gray) and color (16 displayable colors) with non-interlaced monitors. Terminal emulations include DEC VT220, VT240 and VT24 l, Tektronix 4010, 4014, 4027 and 4105.

    SIGGRAPH 1984

    New HiScan GraphicsTM terminals, manufactured and marketed by Digital Engineering, make use of custom VLSI architecture which allows the devices to draw complex graphs at 1,000,000 pixels per second. Avail- able in two models, 4210 HiScan provides 800-by-600 non-interlaced resolution in monochrome, while 4205 HiScan provides 800-by-300 non-interlaced resolution in color. Both HiScan Graphics terminals provide DEC VT220 text terminal compatibility and Tektronix 4010/ 4014 graphics terminal compatibility They are also compatible with Tektronix 4105, 4027, or DEC ReGIS. DE also markets a line of low-cost graphics enhancements, called Retro-Graphics®, for upgrading DEC, Tele Video, Lear Siegler, and Datamedia terminals into full-featured graphics terminals.

    SIGGRAPH 1983

    Retro-Graphics terminal enhancements provide bit-mapped graphics, Tektronix 4010/4014/4027 simulation, resolutions as high as 800 X 480, I/O capability, and Tek-based graphics software compatibility on a variety of “dumb” alphanumeric displays. Scientific, engineering, and business computer users can create complex graphics at one-third to one-half the cost of competitive graphics terminals.

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