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Linotype-Hell DaVinci was an image manipulation program targeted at the repro and print shop markets. It originally ran on proprietary hardware, but was later ported to Silicon Graphics workstations. The first version was released in 1993, and it continued to see regular releases until Heidelberg acquired Linotype-Hell in 1997. Heidelberg continued to update the software a few times before it was discontinued in April of 2001.
[edit] Development
[edit] Hardware
DaVinci originally ran on proprietary "Power" workstations with dual 68040 or 88110 processors and several custom ASICs. Later it was ported to SGI IRIX based "Sprint" systems. Optional hardware included a high-speed FDDI interface and a second ethernet controller.
[edit] Release history
| Version |
Hardware |
O/S |
Release date |
Price |
Significant changes (selected) |
| DaVinci 1.0 |
Dual 68040 based workstation |
? |
September 1992 |
? |
- Support for the "new" TIFF format
|
| DaVinci 1.1 |
Dual 68040 based workstation |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| DaVinci 2.0 |
Dual 68040 based workstation |
? |
February 1994 |
? |
- CPU upgrade
- RAM upgradeable to 64MB
- Export pages to the DCS, ICS and IFEN formats
- Export silhouetted images to the DCS and ICS file formats
- Enhanced colour-manipulation tools
- LCH colour wheel added for colour-selection
|
| DaVinci 2.5 |
Dual 68040 based workstation |
? |
May 1994 |
? |
- New PostScript workflows
- Performance enhancements in vector handling
- New trapping features
- Archiving to the LinoServer using FDDI
- Enhanced assembly and colour manipulation
|
| DaVinci 2.6 |
Dual 68040 based workstation |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| DaVinci 3.0 |
Dual 68040 ("Classic") or dual 50mhz 88110 ("Power") based workstations |
? |
1995 |
$140.000 (w/88110) |
? |
| DaVinci 4.0 |
? |
? |
Spring 1996 |
? |
|
| DaVinci 4.2 |
? |
IRIX 6.2 |
? |
? |
? |
| DaVinci 5.1 |
SGI O2 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| DaVinci 6.0 |
SGI O2 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
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