Omni Graphics Corporation

SIGGRAPH 1983

The new Omni 1000 GDC is a single board, 1024 X 1024 resolution, 256 color (from a palette of 4096), graphics display controller. Included are 1024KB video RAM, 256KB list and image processing RAM, and 64KB EPROM for program storage, in addition to high and low speed parallel and serial interfaces. Other design features provide parallel reading of pixel data; simultaneous writing into any or all graphics memory planes; programmable read and write masks to enable various planes: high speed logical plane operations including AND, OR, and XOR allow one plane to be logically combined with one or more other planes.