Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!cunews!micor!latour!atronx!rwm
From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Retargetable graphics. Temporary Stop-gaps.
Message-ID: <55955.661471806@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
Date: 16 Dec 90 19:40:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga
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In-Reply-To: rjc@wookumz.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)

In a message posted on 15 Dec 90 19:12:49 GMT,
rjc@wookumz.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) wrote:
RC>this is going to FORCE an rtg standard. The Amiga is not an IBM, we just can't
RC>go poking registers on hardware boards, and making drivers for each board.(like
RC>IBM programmers have to do with all those cga/ega/vga/super vga/foobar

  Well, we do have to do that for Serial Ports due to Software problems.... I'll
be quite happy to see a video standard set, but I'm not going to put any money
down on it.

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