[GEM Development] GEM 786

[Cyprian Konador]

nice finding,
Isn't the 82786 just a regular accelerated graphic card?

Regards
Cyprian

On Sun, 31 Aug 2025 at 01:03, John Elliott <jce at seasip.info> wrote:

> 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
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