Polaroid Palette

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The Polaroid Palette and Polaroid ProPalette are a series of digital film recorders from Polaroid Corporation. The line started in the early 1980s, using 35mm film to produce slides for presentations. [1] All versions of GEM provide drivers. [2] [3]

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  2. "Imaging driver list for Intel GEM". Seasip.info. 2005-09-02. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
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