• Front Matter
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 - Perspectives
  • What Is a Graphics Computer Anyway?
  • What's Been Going on?
  • What Is Possible Today?
  • How Hard Is It to Get Into Graphics?
• Chapter 2 - Basic Concepts
  • Stroke Graphics and Raster Scan: The Old and the New
  • The Graphics Computer
  • Memory-Mapped Video: The Scanning Game
  • The Character Generator ROM
  • Expanding a ROM for Character Graphics
  • Non-ROM Graphics
  • Adding Color to the Display
  • The Ultimate Color Graphics Display
  • Memory Partitioning
  • High-Density Display Hardware
  • Evaluating Color, Density, and Screen Format
  • Graphics Software and Language Statements
  • Vector Graphics Statements
  • Shape Graphics
  • Pseudo-Graphics
  • Product Profiles - Low-Cost Graphics Computers
    • Apple II
    • Atari 400
    • Atari 800
    • Bally Arcade Computer System
    • Commodore PET 2001 (Personal Electronic Translator)
    • Edidy Sorcerer
    • Intelligent Systems Intercolor 8001
    • Intelligent Systems Compucolor II, Model 3
    • Radio Shack TRS-80
    • RCA COSMAC VIP
    • Texas Instruments TI-99/4
  • Product Profiles - High-Cost Graphics Computers
    • Evans and Sutherland Picture System II
    • HP 2648 Intelligent Graphics Terminal
    • Tektronix 4051 Graphic Computing System
    • Tektronix 4027 Graphic Computing System
    • Chromatics CG Series
  • Graphics Accessories
  • Digitizing Tables
  • Digital Plotters
  • Digital Cameras
  • Image Digitizers
  • Retro-Graphics
  • Graphics Screen Dump Printers
  • Hardcopy TTY Graphics
  • At the Cutting Edge
• Chapter 3 - Graphics Programming
  • Introduction to the Apple
  • Plotting
  • Line Drawing
  • Simple Geometric Shapes
  • Gaming Figures
  • Mandalas and Computer Art
  • Writing Pong Games in BASIC
  • Detailed Drawing and Digitizing Tables
  • Moving Figure Animation
• Appendix A - Computer Graphics Manufacturers
• Appendix B - Screen Comparisons
• Index
• Back Cover

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