Multimedia computer
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A multimedia computer is a computer that is optimized for multimedia performance.
Early
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While the Commodore machines had the hardware to present multimedia of the kinds listed above, it lacked a way to create it easily. A computer system consists of hardware and software, so the earliest known system for creating and deploying multimedia content can be found the archives of the Smithsonian Institution and is called VirtualVideo.[4] It consisted of a standard PC with a added digital imaging board, a added digital audio capture board (that was sold as a phone answering device), and the DOS authoring software, VirtualVideo Producer. The system stored content on a local hard drive, but could use networked computer storage as well. The name for the software was used because at the time, the mid 1980's, the term multimedia was used to describe slide shows with sound. This software was later sold as Tempra [5] and in 1993, was included with Tay Vaugh's first edition of Multimedia: Making It Work.
Multimedia capabilities were not common on
soon became standard equipment for most PCs sold.As of 2021[update] most PCs have good multimedia features. They have dual or more core CPUs clocked at 2.0 GHz or faster, at least 4 GB of RAM and an integrated graphics processing unit. Popular graphics cards include Nvidia GeForce or AMD Radeon. The Intel Core and AMD Ryzen platform, and Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows 11 are some of today's products that excel at multimedia computing.
More recently, high-performance devices have become more compact, and multimedia computer capabilities are found in mobile devices such as the
References
- ^ Tom R. Halfhill (August 1994). "R.I.P. Commodore 1954-1994". www.byte.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2007.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Amiga Boing Ball. YouTube.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Behold the Juggler. YouTube.
- ^ "AT&T 6300 Microcomputer and VirtualVideo Producer Software".
- ^ "Software, TEMPRA Media Author! And Documentation, Tempra Show Reference Guide".