Engineering:Hercules Graphics Card Plus

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[1]The Hercules Graphics Card Plus (HGC+) is an IBM PC compatible graphics controller card released in June 1986 by Hercules Computer Technology, Inc. It is based on the previous Hercules Graphics Card (HGC) and adds support for redefinable fonts called RAMFONT in MDA compatible text mode.[2][3][4][5][6]

Software support included Lotus 1-2-3 v2, Symphony 1.1, Framework II and Microsoft Word 3.[7]

Original retail price was $299.[7]

A variant of the Hercules Graphics Card Plus with on-board TOPS/FlashTalk-compatible network adapter was available as Hercules Network Card Plus in 1988. Reportedly, the card also supports RAMFONT[8][9] but lacks a printer port.

Hardware details

Hercules Graphics Card Plus is an 8-bit ISA card, containing the display controller and a printer port.

The Hercules Graphics Card Plus also contained a specialty chip designed by Hercules Computer Technology, unlike the Hercules Graphics Card, which used off the shelf components.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Inc, InfoWorld Media Group (1986-09-01) (in en). InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.. https://books.google.com/books?id=cS8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=hercules+graphics+card+3072+characters&source=bl&ots=mS_PYrwLBZ&sig=ACfU3U1IFgvFvSRDcZ7cfKrdWjZTIjU8uw&hl=en&ppis=_e&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwii_tLH3sznAhVJIjQIHQ1xC4AQ6AEwFHoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=hercules%20graphics%20card%203072%20characters&f=false. 
  2. ↑ "Hercules Graphics Card Plus: Notes". 2012-08-09. http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/hercplus.html. 
  3. ↑ Programmer's guide to the PC & PS/2 video systems (1st ed.). Microsoft Press. 1987. ISBN 1-55615-103-9.  (NB. The second edition does no longer discuss the InColor and MCGA cards at detail level.)
  4. ↑ "Public Files on FTP.CS.CMU.EDU - The x86 Interrupt List aka "Ralf Brown's Interrupt List" (RBIL)". 2012-01-21. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html. 
  5. ↑ "Inside the IBM PC: Before you consider the Hercules Graphics Card Plus consider the technology behind it". Byte Magazine 11. October 1986. https://archive.org/stream/198610ByteMagazineVol1111InsideTheIBMPC/198610%20Byte%20Magazine%20Vol%2011-11%20Inside%20the%20IBM%20PC#page/n259/mode/2up/search/RAMfont. Retrieved 2016-11-24. 
  6. ↑ (in de) Assemblersprache und Hardware des IBM PC/XT/AT (1 ed.). Addison-Wesley Verlag (Deutschland) GmbH / Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 1988. VVA-Nr. 563-00110-4. ISBN 3-89319-110-0. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 InfoWorld 1 Sep 1986, p. 41, at Google Books
  8. ↑ CW (1988-04-22). "Hercules bringt neues PC-Board mit Ramfont: Grafik und Netzwerk auf einer Karte" (in German). Computerwoche. http://www.computerwoche.de/a/grafik-und-netzwerk-auf-einer-karte,1154889. Retrieved 2016-11-24. 
  9. ↑ "Hercules Network Card Plus". PC Magazine. 1988-05-31. https://books.google.de/books?id=voPUUGTC56UC&pg=PA262&lpg=PA262. Retrieved 2016-11-24. 




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