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PREFACE
List of Abbreviations 0
This developer note contains the following abbreviations.
Other Reference Material 0
Apple Developer Press publishes a variety of books and technical notes
designed to help third-party developers to design hardware and software
products that are compatible with Apple computers. Readers should be
familiar with the following documents that can be found in electronic form in
the latest Reference Library edition of the Developer CD Series:
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AV Architecture Developer Note. This note is a companion to the AppleVision
1710 and 1710AV Displays Developer Note, and you should refer to both
books for a thorough understanding of the AppleVision displays . The note
gives an overview of AV Architecture concepts and AV applications
software. It provides detailed information about the architecture’s Panel,
Engine, Port, and Device Components, and gives an overview of Device
Manager Component features as they relate to the AV Architecture.
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Display Device Driver Guide, Device Support for the Display Manager Developer
Note describes device support for the Macintosh Display Manager.
CIE Commission International d’Eclairage (International
Commission on Illumination)
CRT cathode ray tube
dB decibel
DDC display data channel
HDTV high-density television
ICC International Color Consortium
LED light emitting diode
MPCD mean perceptible color difference
OSD on-screen display
RAM random access memory
RMS root mean square
SPL sound pressure level
VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
VGA video graphics adapter
VPT Virtual Photometry Technology
VRAM video RAM