For the computer graphics technique, see Parallax scrolling.
Parallax Graphics, Inc.
Industry
Computer graphics
Founded
November 1982; 41 years ago (1982-11) in Sunnyvale, California
Founder
Martin "Marty" Picco (co-founder)
Defunct
November 30, 1998; 25 years ago (1998-11-30)
Fate
Dissolved
Products
Display adapters and software
Number of employees
40 (1987)
Parent
Dynatech Corporation (1989–1998)
Website
parallax.com (archived)
Parallax Graphics, Inc., was an American developer and manufacturer of high-specification computer graphics cards for various platforms, and of supporting software. The company was founded in 1982 as Parallax Systems by two Cornell University graduates.
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alphabetizing purchase orders and another job as an engineer for ParallaxGraphics for three months in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1980s, "just...
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Graphics Array (VGA) monitors. Parallax thus makes sample code available which can generate video signals (text and somewhat low-resolution graphics)...
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growing bored with science. In 1987, he moved to Silicon Valley to join ParallaxGraphics, a startup video card company with about 40 employees based in Santa...
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basic conform and I/O features. ParallaxGraphics, sister company to da Vinci Systems that also manufactured digital graphics products Wilson, Tim (n.d.)...