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Monday Night Real Time Conference
Guest - Ralf Doewich, CyberCube Research
Host - Lou Rocha
March 15, 1993
<ST.LOU> It is my pleasure to welcome Ralf Doewich of CyberCube
Resarch. CyberCube has just released its spectacular M16-1280
graphics card for sale in North America. I have been lucky enough
to see this card in action and the display is unbelievable! I hope
Ralf will have a chance to demo his product at some user shows
this summer.
Ralf, I know you have done a lot of work to prepare for this
evening's RTC. We have tried to match your effort by bannering
this event on the RT door and on GEnie Page One. We appreciate
your effort and your generous offer of some door prizes. (More on
that later.) Welcome to GEnie and please make your opening
comments. GA.
<CYBERCUBE> Welcome everybody. Before we plunge into the intricate
details of our first RTC I would like to thank you all for
attending this conference tonight.
Let me take this opportunity to briefly introduce myself. My name
is Ralf Doewich. I was born in Brazil and after living for more
than 10 years in Germany, I came to Canada in 1989.
Together with some friends, I founded Ionis Software International
in 1984. We have produced a number of successful entertainment
software titles for a variety of the at the time popular 8-bit
homecomputers. From very humble beginnings selling less than 50
copies per game we went to more than 200,000 sold copies and even
reached the first position in the European Software Top Ten.
With the advent of the 16-bit computers and changing interests, we
thought it was time to concentrate on other areas and closed ISI
in 1989. After moving to Canada, I helped co-found Cybercube
Research Ltd in the same year.
Cybercube is a young R&D company with a particular focus in the
multimedia, networking and telecommunication system markets. We
specialize in custom system configuration and development as well
as custom programming and a sincere commitment to service and
satisfaction.
Tonight I would like to introduce you to our latest product, the
CyReL SUNRISE M16-1280 True Color High Resolution Graphics Card
for the Atari TT030 and Mega STE.
The CyReL SUNRISE M16-1280 combines a sophisticated graphics
controller with 2 MB of fast video RAM and a top of the line video
DAC (digital to analogue converter) to form a very flexible
graphics system.
By employing the latest technologies, custom designed components
and more than 70 video clock frequencies up to 120 MHz, the CyReL
SUNRISE M16-1280 cards achieve a new level of performance and
integration.
The CyReL SUNRISE M16-1280 offers a wide range of operating modes
from economic Monochrome displays to dazzling True Color imaging
capabilities.
The CyReL SUNRISE M16-1280 can be operated with any industry
standard analog monitor, ranging from small 12" analog greyscale
to 17" VGA monitors and even to high end multi-sync monitors up to
37".
Due to the versatile video timing generator, resolutions up to
3400 (horizontal) and 2048 (vertical) can be programmed. Every
M16-1280 card supports multiple frame buffers in 32/24bit (True
Color), 8bit (256 colors), 4bit (16 colors), 2bit (4 colors) and
1bit/pixel (monochrome) modes, allowing up to 262 frame buffers
simultaneously. On-board hardware assisted blit and drawing
functions accelerate the graphics output and screen updates. The
built-in expansion connectors provide further opportunities for
enhancements and a represent a flexible way for future upgrades.
Multi-media applications can take advantage of the new and
exciting CyReL VidiMix8 Desktop Video expansion module. It allows
every SUNRISE card to record live video clips, instantly resize
and capture True Color video images in real-time. The VidiMix8
encodes computer generated pictures, animations and images in 12
different international TV standards while providing a host of
special effects.
All colors can be selected from a range of 16,777,216 shades.
Pseudo Color and True Color modes (with gamma correction) are
available. The True Color modes support an 8-bit alpha channel and
in conjunction with the VIDIMIX8 module it assists professional
real-time superimposing of live video images, graphics and
templates. Smooth scrolling and panning allows virtual screen
sizes beyond the normal monitor resolution. Interlaced or non-
interlaced modes with various refresh rates up to 260 Hz are
programmable.
The CyReL SUNRISE M16-1280 comes complete with its own custom True
Color capable VDI drivers, offering compatibility with almost all
GEM applications available. A number of system accessories
increase the comfort and ease of configuring the various features
of the cards.
The CyReL M16-1280 cards are being distributed by DMC Publishing
Inc. and have a SRP of US $1,495.00.
<ST.LOU> Whew... looks like a hardware lover's delight! While I
wait for folks to read back and /raise their hands, can you tell
us about the installation procedure for your card?
<CYBERCUBE> The CyReL SUNRISE M16-1280 Graphics Cards come with a
truly unique installation program: the RUN-ME-FIRST package. And
here is why: Whenever a system is upgraded or expanded, people are
concerned about two major issues: the 'installation blues' and the
compatibility. After considering these factors we came up with
these solutions:
1) Cybercube provides a interactive GEM-based installation program
that guides the user through every step of the installation. The
benefit: through the extensive use of detailed animations and on-
line help functions and after seeing these simple steps right on
the screen, the actual process of installing the card can be
completed in approximately five minutes (!). No hassle, no special
expertise, no technical skills are required!
2) We have put in our best efforts to make the existing software
drivers as stable and reliable as possible. We've put them through
very though tests. And after proving their compatibility, we now
trust them our day-to-day business operations. For months.
To see it for yourself, download the RUNME1ST.LZH demo (#27514)
right here from GEnie. GA
<ST.LOU> I have and it looks easy enough even for me! :-) Our
first question from the floor comes from Steve Miller. Welcome
back Steve and GA
<[Steve] S.MILLER58> How does the Sunrise compare with cards for
the MAC and IBM clones? The price is high and it seems like I have
seen cards that can do 1280x960 in 24 bit color ....
<CYBERCUBE> Well, we have compared our offer with a lot of other
products, mostly on the IBM and MAC platform. So far, we think we
have a very competetive offer if you look very closely at all the
features we offer. Most of the cards on the IBM are rather
difficult to use and install. At the end of this conference we
will have a detailed pricelist. So you can check out the details
yourself. *grin* GA
<[Steve] S.MILLER58> Just for an example I know that some 24 bit
TIFFs in Photoshop sometimes take 15 minutes to rotate how does
that compare with an image being rotated in Calamus?
<CYBERCUBE> Hmmm, I do not know Calamus so well that I could
instantly pull up a number and have a direct comparison with the
card you might have in mind. But consider this: In True Color Mode
(real 32-bit per pixel) the CPU has to