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- LONDONDERRY, NH -- April 28, 1992 -- Panacea Inc. announced today a
- licensing agreement with Genoa Systems Corporation of San Jose.
- California. Under the terms of the agreement, Genoa will include Panacea's
- DLD385-XGA AutoCAD software accelerator. which retails for $199, with its
- recently announced SuperXGA 9000 Series Graphics cards.
-
- The SuperXGA 9000 Series enables true flicker free operation, exceeding
- IBM's XGA standard with a refresh rate of 70/72 Hz, as opposed to the
- standard refresh rate of 60 Hz. The company claims the SuperXGA 9000
- Series delivers 20% faster performance than standard XGA cards in 1024 x
- 768 non-interlaced resolution. Available for either the Micro Channel or
- AT bus, the series offers up to 65.536 colors at 640 x 180, up to 256
- colors at 1021 x 768, and works with all DOS, Windows 3.X and OS/2
- software.
-
- According to Su Huang, President of Genoa Systems Corporation, "Our
- agreement with Panacea validates our commitment to serving the needs of
- AutoCAD users. And their XGA product is proof-positive of a Panacea
- commitment to support all graphics platforms. "
-
- Added Jake Richter, President of Panacea Inc., "The Super XGA 9000 Series
- is the best XGA offering I've seen to date, and confirms the viability of
- this graphics platform. We look forward to fostering additional growth in
- the XGA area along with Genoa. '
-
- Panacea's DLD386-XGA enables users to realize up to a 20X speed improvement
- over VGA in redrawing, panning and zooming in AutoCAD Release ll, the most
- commonly used operations. The DLD-386-XGA also works with Autodesk
- AutoShade 2 with RenderMan and 3D Studio. enabling the rendering and
- display of images in higher resolutions (up to 1024 x 768) and with more
- colors than is possible with the base Autodesk products, significantly
- reducing the banding and chalkiness that comes with limited resolution and
- color display capabilities.
-
- The DLD386-XGA includes standard Panacea features such as full backward
- compatibility with earlier versions of AutoCAD, an easy-to-use install
- utility with context-sensitive help, the CustomColors color configuration
- utility, full support for multiple viewports and full compatibility with
- all third party AutoCAD add-on applications.
-
- The SuperXGA 9400 AT Graphics Card is priced at $749 the SuperXGA 9600
- Micro Channel Graphics Card is priced at $799.
-
- The Panacea DLD386-XGA, sold via retail, is priced at $199. Versions of the
- DLD386 for VGA/SuperVGA and 8514/A display adapters are available at
- prices ranging from $149 to $199.
-
- Genoa Systems Corporation is a leading manufacturer of graphics cards and
- multimedia adapters for IBM-compatible personal computers. The company
- maintains European headquarters in Germany and world headquarters in San
- Jose, California. Address: 75 East Trimble Road, San Jose, CA 95131.
- Phone: 408-432-9090; FAX: 408-434-0997.
-
- Panacea Inc. is the world's leading provider of commercial and OEM display
- drivers and software-only applications accelerators for graphics-intensive
- applications. Panacea specializes in PC-based software for graphics
- processors and graphics boards that support VGA/SuperVGA, IBM 8514/A,
- TIGA, S3 and XGA graphics platforms. Corporate headquarters are located at
- 24 Orchard View Drive, Londonderry, NH 03053. Phone: 603-437-5022
-
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