Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!slsw2 From: SLSW2@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Atari Portfolio (mild flame) Message-ID: <16928@cc.usu.edu> Date: 19 Jan 90 01:23:57 GMT References: <7696@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> <12613@udenva.cair.du.edu> <16729@cc.usu.edu> <8517@nigel.udel.EDU> Lines: 26 In article <8517@nigel.udel.EDU>, boutell@toffee.it.udel.edu (Tom Boutell) writes: > In article <16729@cc.usu.edu> SLSW2@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie) writes: > >>DISAGREED! If you use BIOS calls and don't try to write the damn screen >>memory directly, you can do graphics all you want. >> > 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. Boy I'm sure glad we no longer live in the days of CP/M where you could have a WIDE VARIETY of hardware run the SAME PROGRAM without having to worry about knowing internal details about the machine it's running on. Clones, clones, boring clones... (sorry, it had to be said) -- =============================================================================== Roger Ivie 35 S 300 W Logan, Ut. 84321 (801) 752-8633 ===============================================================================