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Built-in

anti-aliasing

-and

a

whole

lot

more-

makes

the

AED

767

the

most

advanced

color

graphics

terminal

in

its

price

range.

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a sharp

new

look

to

full-color raster

graphics-

plus a number

of

advanced features making

it

ideal

for

CAD/CAM

...

graphic arts

...

image

processing

...

cartography

...

business graphics

...

process display

...

simulation

...

and animation.

No

more jaggies! The built-in anti-aliasing

is

incorporated

into

the

AED

terminal itself,

and virtually eliminates

the

jagged

or

stepped

lines common

to

computer-generated

drawings-without

host processing.

To

activate 'jag-free' vectors you simply press

a function key on

the

AED767 keyboard,

or

send a

single command

from

the

host computer. Thereafter,

every vector on

the

AED767 display will appear anti-

aliased

...

automatically.

It

means

that

for

the

first

time, a full-color

graphics terminal will

draw

lines

as

smooth

as

those produced on a stroke generator,

but

with

all

the

additional advantages

of

raster technology.

And all

at

an

affordable price!

Versatile

features

to

satisfy

all,

Business

CAD/CAM

O~ticallY

super

i

or

resolution.

The

A

0767

has

the

highest resolution

of

any

desktop color graphics

terminal-with

a

1 K x 1 K x 8 virtual address

space

and

a 768 x 575-pixel viewing window. The

result? Your color drawings will

be

smoother than ever before.

There

is

another advantage

to

high

resolution: almost

infinite

precision. The

767

can

visually accommodate even your

Lef

t.

Business most complex drawings.

With

no "jaggies"

Graphics image

whatsoever-when

you activate built-in

provided by Ken anti-aliasing.

Wilkerson.

AED.

R

ight.

CAD

image

of

a More viewable information.

You

have

VLSI

chip generated a large 768 x 575-pixel viewing window.

by

Julian Gomez.

SO

you

can

see

more

of

your

image

at

any

Cal

Te

ch

I J

PL.

given

time

. The remaining portion

of

your

Cartography

Graphic

Arts image resides in memory. and

is

easily

viewable

at

any

time

through

panning.

256-

color

display.

You

can

display 256

co

lors simultan

eously-from

a

full

palette

of

16

.8 mi

ll

ion! Every shade, hue. and

subt

lety

of

color

is

at

your

command.

making

the

767

just

right

for

CAD/CAM,

Left

. Mapping image graphic arts. image processing. and

provided by

Geo

Based business graphics.

Systems. Inc

..

Ral

eigh,

Unique

blue-line

grid

. A feature unique

N.

C.

Right. The program

to

the

767

is

a blue

drafting

grid

that

will

for

this

graphic was appear

on

the

display screen whenever

developed by Yoichiro you

want-at

any intensity level you

Kawaguchi

at

NTI

and choose. The grid

can

be

turned

on

and

off

provided by

ASR.

without

affecting

the

image

on

the

screen.

International.

It

is

particularly useful

as

a reference

Imaging

guide whenever maximum orthogonality

is

desired. such

as

in

IC

or

PCB

design, or

in

schematic development. And,

because

it

is

generated in

the

internal

firmware

of

the

767,

it

doesn't occupy valuable video

memory.

Conics

generation. Constructing conics

from

individual vectors

ca

n

be

a

time

-

consuming process. The 767 speeds up

Left

. Image

of

planets

your

drawing by

letting

you generate

generated by Paul circles. ellipses. stipple-filled rectan-

Xander.

Jr

..

of

gles. color-filled rectangles, and

closed

-

Computer Graphics curve-filled polygons

with

simple com-

Lab. NYIT. mands

from

either

the

keyboard or your

Right. Process Display

image generated by computer.

Roy

Smith

.

AED.

Selectable

refresh

rates

.

You

can

select

Simulation

TV

Production

from

three refresh

rates-for

full com-

patibility

with

either

U.S

.

or

European

television, or

at

a faster rate

for

flicker-

free operation.

This unique capability lets you create

your

drawing.

for

example,

at

a refresh

rate

fast

enough

to

banish annoying

.1 flicker. then decrease

the

rate

for

full

Left

. Molecule image compatibility

with

standard broadcast

generated by Tom

Ferrin

of

Computer

video.

No

other

raster graphics terminal

Graphics Lab

..

Un

iv.

on

the

market

offers

you

this

flexibility!

Calif.

at

San

Francisco,

Right. The program 640 X 483

operation

. The 767 normally

for

this

TV image was operates

at

640 pixels by

483

lines. This

developed by Dick

Lundin and Lance eliminates clipping

of

image edges

in

TV

Williams

of

Computer app

li

cations. Alternative display

sizes

are

Graphics Lab. NYIT. 512 x 512. and 768 x 575.

,our

graphics

&

imaging

needs.

Tektronix emulation. The 767 emulates

the

Tektronix 4010 family

of

storage

ter

-

minals.

so

you

can

take advantage

of

the

large body

of

software already available

for

them.

At

the

same time.

the

767's

built

-

in

anti-aliasing eliminates

the

primary objec-

tion

to

raster graphics voiced by

"stroker"

advocates: "jaggies."

Plus.

the

767

offers

features

that

stroke generators cannot.

such

as

lots

of

color. layering. and graphics

processing capabilities.

Two-second

image

transfers.

In

addi-

tion

to

drawing vectors quickly

with

minimal host information.

the

767 oper-

ates in a

bit

-map mode which enables you

to

transfer

images

from

host memory

to

terminal

with

parallel DMA efficiency.

This means

it

takes only about 2 seconds

to

transfer

1.098.304 bytes

of

informa-

tion

to

or

from

the

terminal.

An alternative operating mode. run

length encoding. permits efficient image

transfers over

the

serial

line-a

capability

that

is

essential when

the

host

is

at

a

remote location and complicated images.

such

as

shaded three-dimensional models.

must

be

transferred

to

or

from

the

767.

User-definable

symbols.

You

can

pre-

define

the

symbols

of

your choice. and

store

them

locally in

the

terminal. Then.

when you

want

to

use

the

symbols

in

your

work.

you simply evoke

them

from

the

terminal's memory and

place

them

anywhere

on

the

display screen

with

Simple keyboard or program commands.

Plus

. by

writing

your symbols in a

separate memory plane. you

can

move

them

anywhere

on

the

screen

without

disturbing existing drawings or data.

Selectable

cursors.

You

can

have any

one

of

three cursors

on

screen upon

com

-

mand: standard X; gunsite; or a

full

-

screen cursor. The full-screen cursor acts.

in

effect.

as

an

"electronic T-square

."

allowing you

to

align your graphic

elements

perfectly-vertically

as

well

as

horizontally.

All three cursor styles

can

blink

be-

tween

two

colors

of

your

choice-a

valu-

able feature

that

prevents

the

cursor

from

disappearing over certain colored

areas.

What

is

more. you

can

program

the

cur-

sor

to

index

to

various points

on

the

767's

unique blue-line grid. Automatically.

Zoom

to 16x.

You

can

zoom

in

on

any

portion

of

a

drawing-magnifying

it

to

full-screen

size.

You

will appreciate

this

useful feature. particularly when

working

with

complex designs.

Programmable zoom levels

of

1 X. 2X.

3X

..

. 16X

with

independent multipliers

on

the

vertical and horizontal

sizes

are stand-

ard features.

Color

blink

. When producing complex

designs.

it

is

often

useful

to

distinguish

the

last vector drawn

from

all others until

you decide

to

make

it

a permanent part

of

your

design.

With

the

767. you

can

blink

the

vector

at

any rate

to

a second color.

then return

it

to

its

fixed color

at

any

time

.

Plus.

eight colors

can

simultaneously

blink

at

different

rates

to

any

other

eight

colors-a

capability

that

is

extremely

use-

ful

for

C3. process. control. and similar

displays.

Powerful

command

set

. The terminal

can

carry

out

a wide variety

of

fu

nctions

with

minimal information

from

the

host

computer. The result

is

much greater

transmission efficiency. and increased

convenience

for

you.

In

the

"

local

" mode. you

can

test

your

command sequence

without

tying

up

the

computer

by

entering either single or

three-letter mnemonic commands.

Eight

memory

planes.

This feature

enables you

to

create layered designs

of

virtually any type or

complexity-from

multi

-layered

VLS

I circuits and

PC

boards

to

architectural schematics and detailed

images.

You

can

selectively mask one or more

of

the

memory planes

at

any

time

to

minimize visual

"clutter

."

and even

switch back and

forth

between masked

and unmasked images.

The maskable memory planes let

you produce animation effects

through

dynamically changing displays. Combining

this

feature

with

zooming and panning

permits generation

of

animated mini-

movies

at

flicker-free rates.

because

all

"frames"

can

be

pre-loaded

for

subse-

quent viewing.

A good application

for

masking

in

CAD

is

the

design

of

multiple-layered I

Cs.

The

eight memory planes

can

be

used

to

mask

and view

different

levels

of

your

circuit

design

as

you wish (256 combinations

possible).

Unique

stipple

fill.

You

ca

n fill rectan-

gles

with

the

colored patterns

of

your

choice

to

emphasize areas

of

your draw-

ing in ways

not

possible

with

color alone

-a

capability highly useful in

VLSI.

CAD.

and

other

applications.

Vertex-fill

polygon

generation.

This

saves

you

time

by

letting

you fill polygons

without

precalculating

an

interior

(seed)

point.

It

is

true

even

of

complex filled

po

lygons

with

dozens

of

arbitrary cor-

ners. All you

do

is

state

the

number

of

vertices and

the

polygon's coordinates.

The 767

does

the

rest!

Scroll

.

You

can

scroll both horizontally

and vertically

throughout

your drawing

or image.

Plus.

a special Scroll Disable key

lets you temporarily

start

or stop pro-

gram

text

scrolling

as

you desire.

Pan.

For quick

access

to

the

undisplayed

portions

of

your drawing. you have con-

tinuousjoystick panning

capability-at

any level

of

zoom. Both position (standard

and vernier sensitivities) and rate

pan

may

be

selected by function switches

or

program command.

Video

memory

access.

You

can

access

video memory and

wr

i

te

on

the

display

screen

with

maximum

ease

and efficien-

cy.

This applies

to

vector generation.

as

well

as

to

the

more complex processes

of

run-length encoding and pixel-by-pixel

read /write.

You

simply

enter

text.

vectors. circles.

ellipses. rectangles. and pixels

on

the

screen

with

single or triple commands.

and arguments (or

as

specified by host

program). A choice

of

five arguments

is

possible: decimal. seven

or

eight

bit

binary. and hexadecimal or modified hex.

Rectangles may

be

filled

with

solid

colors or

co

lored patterns (stipple fill).

In

addition. polygons

of

extremely complex

shapes and multiple islands

can

be

com-

pletely filled or overlaid

with

color.

You

can

also

write

or read

an

individual

pixel

of

any

color-or

a one-color

string

of

pixels-upon

command. This process facil-

itates run length encoding. which permits

data compressi

on

and hastens

the

trans

-

mission.

to

or

from

the

host.

of

complex

images or designs having many identical

colors.

Plus.

a picture drawn

with

conics

and complex polygons

can

be

read back

run-length encoded.

Run-length t ransmissions

can

occur

over a serial or parallel

cab

l

e.

The 767's

parallel channel supports DMA (direct

memory

access)

transfers. and drivers

are available

for

several host computer

operating systems.

What

is

more.

the

767 lets you

write

or read

on

a pixel-by-pixel

basis.

anywhere

on

the

screen.

Or.

if

you prefer. you

can

write

or read pixels in rectangular "areas

of

interest"

-defined

by you or program.

This a

ll

ows you

to

transfer

all or

part

of

your

image

to

the

screen. and make

desired changes

with

maximum

efficien

cy.

Microcode

downloading.

For added

functions. you

can

download microcode

instructions

from

the

host

into

the

767's

microprocessor

RAM

to

supplement

the

terminal's already extensive

firmware

command set. The terminal lets you alter-

nate between

your

own

command set and

the

767

firmware

commands.

User

group.

Membership in

the

AED

graphics

user group

is

free

to

all purchasers

of

an

AED

graphics system. Members receive a free sub-

scription

to

the

group's newsletter.

access

to

a

library

of

user-submitted computer programs

and software

for

support

of

the

graphics

system. and information about applications

for

the

system

from

other

group members.

System

Configuration

Technical

Specifications

Inte

lli

gence. An on-b

oa

rd 500 nanosecond

6502A microprocessor contro

ls

the

te

rminal

and I/ O

funct

ions. and

pe

rf

orms

cha

racter.

vector. circle. and filled-area

gene

ration. Ter-

minal

has

up

to

42K

bytes

of

RAMIROM.

Up-

ward compatible instruction set

from

AE0512.

Keyboard. Full

ASCII

standard communica-

tions

format.

with

upper and lower

case

char-

acters. 1 O-key numer

ic

pad.

10

terminal

co

n-

trol

keys. and 8 user-definable function keys.

Solid state key switch design. and

typewriter

"feeL "

Joystick. For selecting data features and

objects. colors, panning. and image editing.

Absolute position

(coarse

or fine)

or

rate mode

are key selectable.

Communi

cat

ions. E

ither

RS232

-C or 20 mao

c

urrent

loop: rates

to

19.2 kilobaud. Terminal

includes

an

auxiliary

RS232

-C serial interface

for

driving

printer

. plotter, or graphics digi-

tizer

. The terminal may

also

be

used

with

all

hard copy devices having a standard

RS170

interface. Oirect Memory

Access

(OMA)

port

permits I/ O

at

500k

bytes/second .

External sync. The AE0767

can

gen

-Iock

to

external video equipment.

offering

state-of-

the

-

art

computer graphics capability

to

television-based systems. By including video

mixers,

NTSC

encoders/decoders. and

/o

r

spe-

cial

effects

gene

rators.

the

user

can

overlay or

switch video

from

tape. disk or camera

with

graphics images

from

the

AED767.

Modular configuration. The

base

unit.

including electronics. I/ O ports. keyboards and

joystick. may

be

purchased

without

the

display

monitor. The moni

tor

can

be

placed

on

top

of

the

base

unit

or separated

from

the

controller.

An

alternate configuration includes a remote

keyboard, rack-mountable controller. and a

separate display monitor.

Warranty

Display monitors. Optional 14",

19

"l

ong-

persistence phosphor, and standard phosphor

monitors are available

from

AEO

.

RS232C ports and parallel interface. The

767

can

be

used

with

any

co

mputer

through

our

RS232C

interfa

ce.

It

can

also

drive

printer

or

plotter

with

additional microcode.

One

ho

st

port

and one auxiliary

RS232C

port

are stand-

ard in

the

AED767. Rates

from

300

to

19

,200

Baud are switch-selectable and

also

program-

mable.

An

external c

lo

ck mode allows higher

rates

for

s

pe

ci

al

applications.

The 767 also

has

a

16

-

bit

parallel interface

using a 50

wire

cable.

This allows you

to

com-

municate

with

the

767

at

max

imum

speed

. The

para

ll

el

port

may

be

used

to

transmit

graphics

commands

as

we

ll

as

images via direct memory

access

.

Power requirements.

47

-63

Hz:

Terminal

100

VAC

±

1O%@

2A.

or

115

VAC

± 10% @ 2A.

or

230

VAC

± 1O%@2A, e

xc

luding

monitor

.

External connections.

Seriallnterface-25

pin

"0

": Parallel

Oi

rect Video Memory

Ac

c

ess-

50 pin Scotchfle

x:

Au

x.

Serial-25

pin " 0":

Red

.

Green.

Blue composite

video-BNC

connectors:

Monochrome/2-level Hard

Copy-U

HF con-

nector: External

Sync

/

Mi

x

-UHF

connector.

Dimensions

We

i

ght

He

i

ght

Wi

dth

Depth

AED767

With

13

" color 601bs. 16" 22.S"

30"

monitor

: 27 kg

41

em

5S

em

76e

m

AED767

With

out mo

nit

or: 251b

s.

3.5" 22.S"

30"

11

kg

gem

5Sem

76em

AED767R

(raekmount) 251bs.

3.5"

19"

26.5"

With

ou

t

monitor:

11

kg

gem

48

em

67em

AED767KB

Rem

ote keyboard:

101

b

s.

3.0" 20.1" 9.S"

4.5 kg

7.6em

51

em

25

em

The AE0767 and its options are guaranteed

to

be

free from defects

in

workmanship.

mater

i

als

.

or design

for

90

days

from

the

date

of

invoice.

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Anti-Aliased

Vector

Boundary

Fill

Blue-Line Grid

On/Off

Set

Both

Origins (V&H)

Make Hard Copy

Define Area

of

I

nterest

Draw

Cursor

Absolute

Draw

Circle

Draw

Fat

Circle

Draw

Filled Polygon

Draw

Filled Rectangle

Disable

Joystick

Cursor

Draw M

ult

iple

Vectors

Di

sable Panning

D

efine

Programmable

Key

Define LED Display

Define Special

Font

Defi ne Soft Key

Define

Stipple

Pattern

Define

lablet

Mapping

Draw

Vector

Absolute

Dr

aw

Vector Relative

Erase

Cursor

Unconditi

onally

Enable J

oystick

Cu

rsor

Draw

Ellipse

Enable Panning

Erase

Entire

Mem

ory

Escape

to

Interpreter

Erase Special

Font

Enable

labiet

Cursor

Form

Feed

Dr

aw

Filled Rectangle Relative

Generalized Overlay Fill

Enter

TEK

Emulation

Mode

Home. Cursor

Return

Horizontal

Scroll Relative

Interior

Fill

Jump

to

User

Subroutine

Load Anti-Aliased

Vector

-

Co

lor

Table

Load Microprocessor RAM

Move

Absolute

Move Relative

Overlay Fill

Set

Programmable

Option

Numb

er

Read

CAP

"

Read Color

lable

Read

Direct

from

AOI

Read H

orizontal

Origin

Read

Horizontal

Runs

Read

Horizontal

Scan

Read J

oyst

i

ck

Position

Read Pixel

Read Raster

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Re

set

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nal

Read Vertical Origin

Set Alpha

Cursor

Color

Select Alpha

Parameter

s

Set

Background

Color

Set

Blink

Set Baud Rate

Set

Cursor

Colors

Start

Command

DMA

Set

Cursor Parameters

Send Carriage Return

Set Console

Status

Set Color

lable

Stop

Direct

Access. Read

or

Write

Set Color

Set Encoding Scheme

Set

Horizontal

Origin

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nterface

Send K

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Se

t Line

Style

Select

Pattern

Fill

Set Read Mask

Set Stack End Address

Set 1lJrnaround Delay

Enter

TEK Com

pat

.

Input

Mode

Set

Up

Counters

for

DVMA

Set Vertical Origin

Set

Write

Mask

Set Zoom R

egister

Vertical Scroll

Re

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Wr

ite

Direct

Int

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AO

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Write

H

orizontal

Scan

if

no ADI

Wr

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Horizontal

Runs

if

AOI

Write

Hor

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Scan

if

AOI

Write

Horizontal

Runs

if

no

AOI

Write

Incremental Plot

Write

Mult

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Write

Pixel

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Ra

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Direct

Write

Special

Font

Ex

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Command

DMA

Enter

Extended

Command

Set

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