4-1
Chapter 4
Theory of Operation
4.1 The SBus Interface
The CPU card communicates with the
GXTRA
card through the
SBus interface. The SBus interface is the mechanism for
communications between the CPU card and the
GXTRA
card.
This interface is fully described in the
SBus Specification B.0
included in the
SBus Developer's kit
. The SBus interface is
embodied in a PAL on the
GXTRA
card. The PAL controls all
transactions between the SBus and the
GXTRA
card. These
transactions include reading and/or writing the various registers
within the SBus interface, the
GXTRA
engine and the random
access memory digital-to-analog-converter (RAMDAC) as well as
the PROM and Video RAM memory. In addition, the
GXTRA
engine generates the video timing and control for the
Video RAM's, and the RAMDAC.
The
GXTRA
card must be plugged into the SBus connector of
the CPU card.
The
GXTRA
card is an SBus slave device, therefore it may be
placed in any of the SBus slots.
4.2 The
GXTRA
engine
The
GXTRA
engine is the heart of the
GXTRA
card architecture.
It contains the hardware to do 2D graphic renderings. The
rendering hardware can execute three basic types of commands:
QUAD, BLIT, and PIXEL1. The
GXTRA
engine uses the Weitek
Power 9100 graphics chip.
4.2.1 QUAD Command
The
GXTRA
engine has the capability of drawing quadrilaterals.
It contains two Bresenham line drawing engines that calculate
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