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INMOS IMSB419 Integrated Graphics TRAM

• IMS T800 32-bit Transputer
• IMS G300 Colour Video Controller
• 2 Mbytes of four cycle DRAM
• 2 Mbytes of four cycle VRAM
• Huge variety of software selectable screen formats
• Pixel rates 70 to 110 MHZ @ 8bit/pixel
• Communicates via 4 INMOS serial  links (Selectable between 10 or 20 Mbits)
• Size-6 TRAM
• Designed to a published specification (INMOS technical Note 29)

The IMS B419 incorporates the IMS G300 Colour Video Controller with the IMS T800 32-bit Floating Point Transputer to form a high performance graphics system.  Two Mbytes of four cycle DRAM provides a general purpose store sufficient to run applications such as the X-window system, it also allows Transputer Development System (TDS) to be resident on board.  Two Mbytes of Video RAM provide arbitrary screen resolutions up to a maximum of 1280 x 1024 8 bit/pixel with unrestricted screen formats at resolutions below this.

• IMSF003C Graphics Support Software
• IMSF003E Graphics Support Software
• INMOS CVC Software Development Kit
• An introduction to using the IMS B419 graphics TRAM, I. Bennett, INMOS Graphics Department Bristol, 1990 (Technical note 66)
• The design of a high resolution graphics system using the IMS G300 Colour Video Controller, D. Japp, INMOS Bristol, 1989 (Technical note 62)

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