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Number Nine Visual Technology
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<p>Number Nine Visual Technology Corporation was a manufacturer of video graphics chips and cards from 1982 to 1999. Number Nine developed the first 128-bit graphics processor (the Imagine 128), as well as the first 256-color (8-bit) and 16.8 million color (24-bit) cards. </p><p>The name of the company, as well as many of its products (e.g., Revolution, Imagine, Pepper, Ticket to Ride) refer to <a href="/facts/Beatles/2syHWLcM">Beatles</a> songs. At system boot up, Number Nine cards' <a href="/facts/Video_BIOS/vJSt2EmJ">video BIOS</a> splash screens display short phrases from Beatles songs related to the cards' model names. Card model names were usually preceded by a "#9" moniker. </p>