[GEM Development] GEM 786

[John Elliott]

Stumbled on this while looking for something else: a paragraph of news 
from Popular Computing Weekly 1986-12-11:

 > DR predicts Gem on a chip
 >
 > Digital Research is hailing the arrival of the Intel 82786 chip next 
spring as the saving of the PC standard. The IBM machine has 
traditionally fared badly against the likes of the Apple Macintosh 
because of its poor graphics handling, but the new chip, which DR says 
will initially be available as an upgrade card for PCs and compatibles, 
is set to change that.
 > The 82786 contains an internal graphic processor subsystem and a 
display processor as well as a dynamic Ram video memory controller. DR 
is launching Gem 786 to take partial advantage of the new chip by 
running Gem faster, but the company predicts that graphic systems like 
Gem will be built into the new chip in future.
 > This plus the new chip will allow PCs to run graphics systems faster, 
and to use far higher resolution monitors for the likes of design and 
desktop publishing applications.

https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/magazines/popular-computing-weekly/50/5/1986/12/11#6

-- 
John Elliott