User`s manual

DIGITAL-LOGIC AG MSLB-P5 Manual V0.3

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4.10 VGA, LCD

4.10.1 VGA / LCD Controller C&T69000 (optional C&T69030)

69000 High Performance Flat Panel / CRT HiQVideo

Accelerator with Integrated Memory

• Highly integrated Flat Panel and CRT GUI Accelerator & Multimedia Engine, Palette/DAC, Clock

Synthesizer, and integrated frame buffer

• Integrated High performance SDRAM memory. 2MB integrated memory, 83 MHz SDRAM opera-

tion

• HiQColor

Technology implemented with TMED (Temporal Modulated Energy Distribution)

• Hardware Windows Acceleration

• Integrated composite NTSC / PAL Support

• Hardware Multimedia Support

• High-Performance Flat Panel Display resolution and color depth at 3.3V

• 36-bit direct interface to color and monochrom, single drive (SS), and dual drive (DD), STN & TFT

panels

• Advanced Power Management features minimize power usage in:

- Normal operation

- Standby (Sleep) modes

- Panel-Off Power-Saving Mode

• VESA Standards supported

• Fully Compatible with IBM

VGA

• Driver Support for Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98, Windows NT3.1/NT4.0

4.10.2 VGA / LCD BIOS for 69000

VGA BIOS

The 69000 VGA BIOS (hereafter referred to as 69000 BIOS) is an enhanced, high performance BIOS

that is used with the 69000 VGA Flat Panel/CRT Controller to provide an integrated Flat panel VGA

solution. The BIOS is optimized for 69000 VGA Flat Panel/CRT Controller and provides:

Full compatibility with the IBM VGA BIOS

Support for monochrome LCD, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024 TFT or STN displays.

Optional support for other displays.

Supports VESA BIOS Extensions, including VBE 2.0, VBE/DDC 1.0, and VBE/PM 1.0.

Supports either VESA local bus or PCI bus

Extended BIOS functions which offer easy access to 69000 control ler features and capabilities

Support for simultaneous display

44K BIOS supports 8 panels

48K BIOS supports 16 panels