BlackBox


The BlackBox, a high-end hardware accelerator designed for universal use by computation intensive applications, was compatible with all computers equipped with a SCSI interface. The BlackBox was supported by Unter Ecker's ComposeInColor image-editing application on all computers running NEXTSTEP. Highlights included:

  • 100 MFLOPS peak, 66 MFLOPS sustained - The world's fastest digital signal processor delivers supercomputer figures for floating-point performance.
  • 4 to 512 megabytes of data memory - Variable data memory size accommodates memoryhungry applications. Users could upgrade with standard SIMM modules.
  • ComposcInColor support - The BlackBox accelerates all actions in ComposeInColor, including retouching, scripting and compositing by a factor of up to 20. The BlackBox overtakes memory management, halves memory requirements on the host and virtually eliminates swapping.
  • SCSI connection - The BlackBox connects to the host via Fast SCSI-2 and allowed sustained data transfer rates of up to 12.5 MB per second.
  • Developer Kit - A developer kit allowed cross-developing of computation-intensive applications for the BlackBox and included a GNU gcc 2.3.3-based C compiler, a sourcelevel debugger and a simulator.

Unter Ecker Software

SELECT Technology, Inc.
$3,995 and up
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