Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:74721 comp.sys.amiga.tech:17076 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:5162 Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Retargetable graphics. Temporary Stop-gaps. Keywords: rtg,iff,24bit,video hardware Message-ID: <7307@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 18 Dec 90 12:40:24 GMT References: <12437@life.ai.mit.edu> <16612@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston Lines: 23 In article <16612@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: > At least a few folks have already suggested adopting an existing standard, > such as X Windows, Postscript, TIGA, etc. Uh, what's wrong with maintaining the graphics.library/intuition.library interface? If I ever get another head for my Amiga I damn well want to be able to mouse around it. (X windows? Give me a break!) The BitBlt routines will, of course, have to emulate the blitter. Since the 68020 has the horsepower to beat the blitter (according to Henry Spencer, who is a pretty reliable source) that's not such a great hardship. At least any such RTG interface should provide the same basic interface as graphics.library. Why even consider anything else? In the previous article, someone not Dave Haynie wrote: > Now I'm not suggesting running Intuition screens on video boards/frame > buffers. Why not? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .