Implementation of the VGM Graphics System on the PDP-11/50 under the RSX-11M Operating System and Construction of a Compatible Software Driver for the Ramtek RM-9400.

Abstract

In 1977 the ACM Special Interest Group for Graphics (SIGGRAPH) formed the Graphics Standards Planning Committee (GSPC) to develop a standard for the industry. The result of their efforts was the CORE graphics system. This study discusses that system and the issues involved in its creation. It describes Bell Northern Research's approach to implementing CORE with their Virtual Graphics Machine (VGM). The installation of VGM at the Naval Postgraduate School on a PDP 11/50 with the RSX-11M operating system is described as well as the initial efforts to expand it to drive the Ramtex RM-9400 Graphics Display System. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA121918

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  • Partick Michael Comi

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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