The NeXTdimension was a $3,995 expansion card for the NeXTcube, it allowed for 32-bit color to NeXT's Display Postscript graphics system, a good number of output and input jacks, and utilized the 64-bit Intel i860 33 MHz RISC processor. It was originally intended to have a hardware compression capabilities, but the compression chip's 3rd party developer pulled out unexpectedly leaving a gaping hole in the NeXTdimension's board.
Specifications*
- Graphics Processor: Intel i860 33 MHz RISC processor
Image Compression/Decompression
Dedicated JPEG Image Compression Processor
Real-time compression & decompression to hard disk
User-selectable compression rate
- Memory:
Main Memory
- 8 MB to 32 MB of main memory
- Expandable using 72-pin DRAM SIMM modules
Display Memory
- 4 MB VRAM
- 32 bits/pixel color, including 8 bits/pixel alpha channel
- Supports double-buffered 16 bits/pixel windows
- Display Resolution: 1120 x 832 pixels
- Display Output: 13W3 triple-coaxial
- Video Compatibility
- NTSC video input and output channels {PAL option}
- Video output genlocked to input video source
- Closed-caption, TeleText, and VITC support
- Video Inputs
- One S-Video using standard DIN-style 4-pin jack
- Two composite video using RCA-style jack
- Software selectable
- Video Inputs
- One S-Video using standard DIN-style 4-pin jack
- One composite video using RCA-style jack
- One RGB video using 9-pin D-shell with EGA pinout
* Specifications taken from NeXT marketing material.