Abstract: A page mode memory controller for a multi-plane color video display providing three bits/pixel corresponding to three page partitioning in each of sixteen 64K dynamic RAMs is described. The three bits/pixel are routed to a color lookup table to provide a choice of eight colors from a palette of 64 colors. Graphic display information is combined with alphanumeric video information on a pixel-by-pixel basis. The combined graphic/alphanumeric information is then converted from a digital signal to an analog signal. Page mode reads access three color planes for video display cycles using a counter for the two least significant memory column address bits. To create the displayed image, vectors are drawn three times, once at each plane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 1982
Date of Patent:
January 24, 1989
Assignee:
Convergent Technologies
Inventors:
Richard W. Lowenthal, Larke E. Reeber, Drew S. Hoffman, Michael Ramsay