Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!umigw!umiami!gross From: GROSS@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Atari Portfolio & Graphics Message-ID: <4842@umiami.miami.edu> Date: 18 Jan 90 05:28:53 GMT References: <7696@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> <12613@udenva.cair.du.edu> <16729@cc.usu.edu> <8517@nigel.udel.EDU> Organization: Univ. of Miami (IR) Lines: 23 > Oh come on! You're right to correct his statement that there are no graphics > capabilities, if it does indeed have some, but doing graphics by direct ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > screen writing is a given and the world knows it. You just CAN'T get ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > effective graphics done by calling biossetpixel!!! Not unless you don't ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > mind waiting... a.... very... long... time. Essentially, if it won't > effectively run standard graphics software, it might as well have NO > graphics capabilities for the non- programmer. I beg to differ...QuickDraw for the Mac does very well with graphics, and very speedily too. -- Jason Gross Comp Sci Ugrad University of Miami Class of '91 (?) =========================================================================== Hey, wanna save the world? | Got sumtin' to say? gross@umiami.bitnet Nuke a Godless, Communist, | Pick and choose! gross@umiami.miami.edu gay whale for Christ. | gross@miavax.ir.miami.edu - Anonymous | Last resort: broccoli%gungho@umiami.miami.edu =========================================================================== Lie: The University of Miami is a non-profit institution.