Matrox Simple Interface
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Matrox Simple Interface is the name of a proprietary
DOS
and Windows 95
application programming interface
for Matrox Mystique
graphics cards made by Matrox
. MSI API supported a maximum of 640x480x16 resolution with z-buffer and no bilinear filtering. It used color look up tables to save memory. When Matrox released the Matrox m3D (using the PowerVR
PCX2 chipset), MSI was completely abandoned.
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
DOS
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating...
and Windows 95
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
application programming interface
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
for Matrox Mystique
Matrox Mystique
The Mystique and Mystique 220 are 2D, 3D, and video accelerator cards for personal computers designed by Matrox, using the VGA connector. The original Mystique was released in 1996, with the slightly upgraded Mystique 220 coming in 1997.-History:...
graphics cards made by Matrox
Matrox
Matrox is a producer of video card components and equipment for personal computers. Based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada it was founded by Lorne Trottier and Branko Matić....
. MSI API supported a maximum of 640x480x16 resolution with z-buffer and no bilinear filtering. It used color look up tables to save memory. When Matrox released the Matrox m3D (using the PowerVR
PowerVR
PowerVR is a division of Imagination Technologies that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and Direct X, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration....
PCX2 chipset), MSI was completely abandoned.
Sources
- http://forums.murc.ws/archive/index.php/t-38427.html Legacy Matrox-enhanced games on g200/g400 [Archive] - MURC
- http://www.geocities.com/k_lupinsky/Mystique.htm Kanajana's MechWarrior 2 3D Page - Matrox Mystique Edition
- http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.Hardware Club Dr-DOS Wiki