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January 16, 2000
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The Gemini P1 has been retired
This page is maintained for informational and support purposes. Please see our
Fixed Frequency Videocards page for information about our current fixed frequency video cards.
Gemini P1 Fixed Frequency Video Card
The first fixed frequency video card featuring FlexBios™ technology
allowing the card to hold up to sixteen different BIOS images, each customized for a different monitor. It's also
the only graphics card that will driver any color monitor from your PC whether it's HP, DEC, Hitachi, Sun,
SGI, Sony or others!
This Fixed Frequency Video Card:
- Allows the use of Fixed Frequency &
Workstation Monitors on modern PC Computers.
- FlexBIOS - Breakthrough
technology that allows users to modify and upgrade the card as their
needs change.
- FlexBIOS also allows a
user to customize the Gemini P1's output signals specifically for their
monitor.
- FlexTools - Our software
suite that enables users to customize the card using FlexBIOS.
- TrueSync - New Technology
implementing selectable Electronic Industries Association standard synchronization
signals.
Specifications:
Graphics Controller:
- Tseng Labs ET6000 128-bit
graphics engine
- GUI and Multimedia accelerator
- GUI acceleration: Hardware
clipping, line draw, bitblt, area fill, 256 raster operations
- Integrated 135Mhz 24-bit
LUT DAC and dual frequency clock generator
Video Playback performance:
- 30 frames / second
- Software MPEG playback
support
- Supports MPEG1, Indeo,
Cinepak, and video for Windows, True Motion-S and QuickTime
Memory:
- 2MB or 4MB Multibank DRAM
- Over 4 times faster than
64-bit VRAM
- Net memory bandwidth is
800 MB / sec
- MDRAM memory has the fastest
throughput of any memory
Interfaces:
- PCI local bus (v.2.1 compliant)
- 128 bit display memory
- VESA feature connector
- 15 pin SVGA D connector
for output signals
FlexBIOS:
- 512K flash memory for BIOS
- 16 different selectable
BIOS's via DIP switches
- Software for reading, writing,
modifying monitor timings and saving them in flash memory
TrueSync:
- Sync on green - EIA RS-343-A
standard
- Composite Sync
- Separate sync
- Sync type is selectable
by DIP switches
Compatibility:
- Plug and Play compatible
- VESA DDC PNP monitor support
- VESA DDC1 and DDC2 monitor
detection
- VESA PM power management
- VESA Bios Extension 2.0
(VBE 2.0)
- CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA
- FCC approved
Software:
- FlexTools (Centering, Width,
Height, Flash read and write, Dot Clock, & monitor timings.)
- MPEG player
available.
- AnyView 3.1.
Software Drivers:
- Windows 3.1, 3.11
- Windows95 & Windows98
- Windows NT 3.51, 4.0 , 5.0
- OS/2 Warp 3 & 4
- LINUX
- FreeBSD
- XFree86
- MS Windows 3.1 DCI
- MS Word, SW MPEG Player,
OS/2 Warp 3.0, 4.0
- AutoCAD, AutoShade
- Windows95 Direct Draw & Direct X compatible
- MicroStation
- Autodesk 3Dstudio and Animator
Brightness control:
- DIP switch for controlling
brightness
For an electronic copy of the README file we include with the Gemini P1 fixed frequency video card, click here
For an electronic copy of the MANUAL we include with the Gemini P1 fixed frequency video card, click here
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