On 06/11/2016 07:04 PM, emanuel stiebler wrote: > Hi all, anybody know, which system used it? It is a 1986 CRT > controller, which was pretty fancy back then. But never saw actual > hardware with it ... >
The am8052 isn't a general-purpose CRT controller, but an *alphanumeric* one; that is, it does text, not graphics. It has wide attribute and proportional spacing support, which does set it apart from the usual fixed-pitch crowd. Intel announced a similar product, the 82730, around 1984. Same deal--advanced text display. I recall that preliminary prices quoted made it hugely expensive. I don't know if it ever made it to production either. I don't know of a product that used either chip, but I'd concentrate on the word-processing world for my search. --Chuck
