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Matrox --  ALT2048 VIDEO BOARD
This was an early Matrox S-100 character based video board.

ALT 2048

The ALT-2480 provided an alphanumeric video interface between an S100 bus microcomputer and a TV monitor.  It outputed the industry standard 24 line by 80 character format which was invaluable for professional applications such as intelligent CRT terminals and word processors.  The ALT-2480 was compatible with the ALT-256 permitting a powerful combined alphanumeric/graphic display.  The board RAM was made up of Intel 2102A-4 RAM chips.
Here is the software manual for this board.  Here is the hardware manual for this board.

 

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