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Graphic Display Processor (GDP) by Thomson-EFCIS
NDR-Klein-Computer graphics card using EF9366 .
Siemens SMP-E353 ECB Bus video board using EF9366 .
The
Thomson EF936x series is a type of Graphic Display Processor (GDP) by
Thomson-EFCIS .
[1] The
chip could draw at 1 million
pixels per second, which was relatively advanced for the time of its release (1982 or earlier).
There are various versions of the chip (EF9364 ,
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7] EF9365 ,
[8]
[9]
[10] EF9366 ,
[11]
[12]
[10] EF9367 ,
[13]
[14]
[15] SFF96364 ,
[16]
[17]
[18] EF9369
[19]
[20]
[21] ),
[22] with slightly different capabilities.
In 1982
Commodore released a "High Resolution Graphics" board for the
PET based on the EF9365 and EF9366 chips, allowing it to display 512 × 512 or 512 × 256 resolution graphics.
[23]
[24]
[25] The EF9366 was also used on the SMP-E353 graphic card for the
Siemens
SICOMP [
de ] computer series and on the
NDR-Klein-Computer introduced in 1984.
[26]
Version EF9369 was used on computers such as the
Thomson MO5NR
[27] ,
MO6
[28] ,
TO8 ,
[29]
TO9
[30] and
TO9+ ,
[31] and from 1985 to 1989 on the
DAI Personal Computer .
Versions
Based on the 1989 data book published by the company, the EF936x series was split into Graphics Controllers and Color Palette models.
[32]
Graphics Controllers
Color Palette
EF9369 - 4-bit
DACs (16 out of 4096 colors -
12-bit RGB ), generating
gamma corrected (gamma 2.8) voltages.
[21]
TS9370 - 4-bit DACs (16 out of 4096 colors)
[39]
Capabilities
Integrated
DRAM controller
Line drawing, with delta-x and delta-y limited to 255 each. Support for solid, dotted, dashed and dotted/dashed lines.
[9]
Built-in 5 × 8 pixel
ASCII font.
[40] Support for rendering tilted characters, and scaling by integer factors (no
antialiasing )
[33]
EF9365/6 Character Set
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
0
SP
0
@
P
‘
p
1
!
1
A
Q
a
q
2
"
2
B
R
b
r
3
#
3
C
S
c
s
4
$
4
D
T
d
t
5
%
5
E
U
e
u
6
&
6
F
V
f
v
7
’
7
G
W
g
w
8
(
8
H
X
h
x
9
)
9
I
Y
i
y
A
*
:
J
Z
j
z
B
+
;
K
[
k
{
C
,
<
L
\
l
|
D
-
=
M
]
m
}
E
.
>
N
↑
n
¬
F
/
?
O
←
o
▒
The
GPUs did not support direct access to the graphics memory, although a special command was provided to aid in implementing access to individual
memory words.
See also
References
^
"SGS-Thomson, Graphic Processors Databook, 1st Edition, March 89" (PDF) . bitsavers.org .
^ Clements, Alan (1982).
Microcomputer Design and Construction: Building Your Own System with the Motorola 6800 . Prentice-Hall International.
ISBN
978-0-13-580738-5 .
^
Electronic Engineering . Morgan-Grampian. 1981.
^
"Mikrocomputerfibel, Vieweg, 1983" (PDF) .
^
"IC Master" . Hearst Business Communications. February 21, 1990 – via Google Books.
^
"Thomson EF9364 - MAME machine" . adb.arcadeitalia.net .
^
"THOMSON SEMICONDUCTORS MICROPROCESSORS & PERIPHERALS Data Book 1984 reprint of 1st Edition 1981" . matthieu.benoit.free.fr .
^ Ferguson, John D. (1985).
Microprocessor Systems Engineering . Addison-Wesley.
ISBN
978-0-201-14657-8 .
^
a
b Money, S. A. (2014-05-10).
Microprocessor Data Book . Academic Press.
ISBN
978-1-4832-6870-5 .
^
a
b
"SGS-Thomson, Graphic Processors Databook, 1st Edition, March 89" (PDF) . bitsavers.org .
^
Electronics Industry . 1986.
^
Electronic Design . Hayden Publishing Company. 1986.
^ Maréchal, Guy (1987).
EUROGRAPHICS '87: Proceedings of the European Computer Graphics Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 24-28, August, 1987 . North-Holland.
ISBN
978-0-444-70291-3 .
^
Electronic Engineering . Morgan-Grampian. 1987.
^
"SGS-Thomson, Graphic Processors Databook, 1st Edition, March 89" (PDF) . bitsavers.org .
^
EDN, Electrical Design News . Rogers Publishing Company. 1980.
^
Wireless World and Radio Review . Dorset House. 1979.
^
Computer Design . Computer Design Publishing Corporation. 1978.
^
ElectronicsWeek . McGraw-Hill. 1984.
^
Electronics Industry . February 1985.
^
a
b
"SGS-Thomson, Graphic Processors Databook, 1st Edition, March 89" (PDF) . bitsavers.org .
^
"IC Master" . Hearst Business Communications. February 21, 1990 – via Google Books.
^
"Commodore High Speed Graphik Card for CBM 4000/8000 Series" . 6502.org .
^
"PET-Grafikkarte Commodore ASSY No. 324402-01 für CBM 8296 - CBMPET.DE" . www.cbmhardware.de . Archived from
the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2022 .
^ Purcaru, Bogdan Ion (March 13, 2014).
"Games vs. Hardware. The History of PC video games: The 80's" . Purcaru Ion Bogdan – via Google Books.
^ Plate, Jurgen (October 1984).
"Mikrocomputer: Zur Fernsehserie" (PDF) . ELO : 46.
^
"Thomson MO5 NR" . www.silicium.org . Retrieved 2022-12-31 .
^
"Thomson MO6 Guide, 1986" (PDF) . musee-des-jeux-video.com .
^
"TO8 Circuit Diagram" .
^
"TO 9 Thomson" . www.old-computers.com . Retrieved 2022-12-31 .
^
"TO 9 PLUS Thomson" . www.old-computers.com . Retrieved 2022-12-31 .
^
"SGS-Thomson, Graphic Processors Databook, 1st Edition, March 89" (PDF) . bitsavers.org .
^
a
b
c
"EF9365 - EF9366, Thomson Semiconducteurs" (PDF) .
^
"Datasheet Archive EF9365 datasheet download" . www.datasheetarchive.com .
^
"West Europe Report: Science and Technology" (PDF) . Foreign Broadcast Information Service. August 23, 1983. p. 7.
Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2013 .
^
"SFF 96364, Tube SFF96364; Röhre SFF 96364 ID52104, Solid-Sta" . www.radiomuseum.org . Retrieved 2022-12-31 .
^
Display circuit and interface module SFF96364 (PDF) . SESCOSEM.
^
"Micro Systèmes n°6 jui/aoû 1979 - Page 50 - 51 - Micro Systèmes n°6 jui/aoû 1979 - Micro Systèmes - informatique grand public - informatique et réseaux - Sciences et Techniques - 1001mags - Magazines en PDF à 1 € et GRATUITS !" . fr.1001mags.com . Retrieved 2022-12-31 .
^
"SGS-Thomson, Graphic Processors Databook, 1st Edition, March 89" (PDF) . bitsavers.org .
^
"SGS-Thomson, Graphic Processors Databook, 1st Edition, March 89" (PDF) . bitsavers.org .
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