Fort Leavenworth Improved Kellner (FLIK) Graphics Interface: General Overview

Abstract

This paper presents a survey of the Fort Leavenworth Improved Kellner (FLIK) graphics interface system. The survey covers the FLIK developers, the origins of FLIK, how to use FLIK, what problems it solves for applications, problems that remain, enhancements over previous interface packages, and development history. This paper also contains appendices with more detailed information about some topics discussed briefly within the survey. The FLIK graphics interface software package facilitates an application's use of Ramtek graphics systems by converting user graphics requirements to host commands for Ramtek. Ramtek systems contain a graphics processor that converts host commands into graphics data stored in a bitmap, a large random-access memory (RAM). That bitmap forms a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. A video board maps all memory bits at the same (X,Y) coordinate into a unique pixel, a specific point on the monitor screen surface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA203481

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  • Timothy Daniels

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  • Application Software
  • Computers
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