“Implementation of a Simulated Display Processor for Computer Graphics Education” by Mohilner
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- Implementation of a Simulated Display Processor for Computer Graphics Education
Session/Category Title: General Applications Session
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Abstract:
To provide student experience at the detail level of graphics output, a simulated graphics display processor was written in FORTRAN to run on a CDC 6400 computer equipped with microfilm graphics output. The simulated processor has a command set conforming to the course textbook, a memory of 4096 16-bit words and accepts directions only in absolute octal code. This last feature caused the class to write an octal code generator which accepts graphic primatives as commands.
References:
1. William M. Newman and Robert F. Sproull, “Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics,” McGraw-Hill, New York, 1973, pp. 62–73.
2. Colorado State University Computer Center Users Manual, CSU, Fort Collins, 1972, pp. V.20-V.38.2.
3. A listing of the Fortran code for the simulator will be supplied upon request to the author.
4. William M. Newman and Robert F. Sproull, op. cit., p. 87.
