F.I.R.S.T., A HIGH RESOLUTION RASTER SCAN DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE LAYOUT OF TEXT AND FIGURES

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1980
Authors
Röthlisberger, H.
Rakotomalala, J.
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
F.I.R.S.T. (Fast Interactive Raster scan workSTation) is designed as a low cost high performance display for interactive applications. Low cost is achieved by using dynamic memories, and high performance implies a high resolution (at least 500x 700) together with fast update rate (an image in a few seconds). Speed is achieved using a distributed architecture; several function generators, such as a character generator and a vector generator, perform the scan conversion. They are connected to the frame buffer by a fast standard pixel bus transmitting one pixel (picture element) in 500 ns. Greyscale or color monitors will require the addition of a few memory planes.
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@inproceedings{
10.2312:eg.19801025
,
booktitle = {
Eurographics Conference Proceedings
},
editor = {
C. E. Vandoni
},
title = {{
F.I.R.S.T., A HIGH RESOLUTION RASTER SCAN DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE LAYOUT OF TEXT AND FIGURES
}},
author = {
Röthlisberger, H.
 and 
Rakotomalala, J.
},
year = {
1980
},
publisher = {
The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {
1017-4656
},
ISBN = {},
DOI = {
10.2312/eg.19801025
}
}
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https://doi.org/10.2312/eg.19801025
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EG1980 Proceedings (Technical Papers)