RasterOps was a manufacturer of monitors and graphics cards for early Macintosh systems from Apple Computer. The company acquired Truevision in 1992 and renamed itself Truevision, Inc.[1]
History
RasterOps Corporation was established in California on June 3, 1987.[2] It was the first 3rd-party developer to produce video cards with software capable of displaying 24-bit color from Macintosh computers through its ColorBoard series of products.[3][4][5] RasterOps worked closely with Apple in 1988, prior to the development of Apple's own 32-Bit QuickDraw.[6]
Mergers and acquisitions
Truevision was based in Indianapolis, Indiana and developed digital video processing add-on boards for PC computers. It was founded by Cathleen Asch, Carl Calabria, Joseph Haaf, Bryan Hunt, Brad Pillow, Joe Shepard and Jeff Walters and others when AT&T split off their Electronic Photography and Imaging Center (EPICenter) in 1987. EPICenter was founded by Alan Wlasuk, Carl Calabria, Bryan Hunt, Brad Pillow, Joe Shepard and Jeff Walters.
When Truevision was acquired by RasterOps of Santa Clara, California, RasterOps took on the Truevision name and retained the Indianapolis engineering team which continued producing ever more advanced products until 1999, when the company was finally acquired by its biggest competitor, Pinnacle Systems. In August 2005, Pinnacle Systems was acquired by Avid Technology, who initially used the AT-Vista when they were a two-person startup company. Avid subsequently sold Pinnacle products to Corel Corporation in July 2012.[7]
Products
Display cards
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Monitors
Other peripherals |
References
- ↑ Form 10-K/A Truevision Inc by Merrill Corp, Securities and Exchange Commission. 1995-11-09.
- ↑ RasterOps Corporation, IndianaDB. Accessed 2020-03-24.
- ↑ RasterOps ColorBoard 104, Low End Mac. Archived 2021-03-25.
- ↑ RasterOps ColorBoard 264, Low End Mac. Archived 2000-11-09.
- ↑ Great Products, Great Prices. by MacCorner, Washington Apple Pl Journal, p.2.1990-02.
- ↑ Color Enhancements To OS Will Open New Mac II Markets by Abigail Christopher, Tech Insider. 1988-09-26.
- ↑ Corel Acquires Pinnacle Products from Avid. Mediacaster Magazine. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved on 4 July 2012.
External links
- RasterOps legacy support website (archived 1996-12-26)
- Macintosh display cards and compatibility matrix (archived 1997-01-02)
- Monitor support and compatibility matrix (archived 1997-01-02)
- Truevision official website (archived 1999-04-27)
- RasterOps Monitor Database at Griffin Technology (archived 2000-05-27)
- Guide to NuBus Video Cards: RasterOps at Low End Mac
- RasterOps Inc. at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- RasterOps 24MxTV at VGA Legacy MKIII
- RasterOps at the Higher Intellect Vintage Computing Wiki
- Truevision at Wikipedia
Articles
- Color Enhancements To OS Will Open New Mac II Markets by Abigail Christopher, Tech Insider. 1988-09-26.
- More System 7 Answers by Adam Engst, TidBITS. 1993-04-26.
