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From: jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel MOYNE)
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Subject: Re: Retargetable graphics. Temporary Stop-gaps.
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Date: 21 Dec 90 23:37:52 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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In article <16728@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave 
Haynie) writes:
> I would happier than the proverbial pig in sh*t at this point if I could 
hook
> up a 1024x1024 or 1600x1200 monitor and have virtually any program 
display 
> just it's imaging work on the alternate device.  This is actually rather 
> common in CAD work, to have separate image and control displays.  RTG 
would
> be even better, but it would only be gravy for the kind of stuff I do.

      I couldn't agree more, it'd be *really great* if we could run 
intuition on an alternate display. Because then, it would be possible to 
have Intuition on 2 screens at the same time. And those of you who have 
ever used a Mac with 2 screens know what I'm speaking about. This feature 
of the Mac is _great_ ! And I don't even dare to imagine how cool it'd be 
with the Amiga multitasking !!!!

      Of course it isn't easy to do, but if hardware manufacturers could 
agree on a common set of instructions (requests) you could send to a 
device driver (then you utilise the driver the vendor provides with the 
card), it'd be allready something on the right direction. And it wouldn't 
be too hard to do.

        When cbm's soft guys modified Intuition for the ECS, the overscan, 
etc ... I hope they did it a way Intuition is now more adaptable to 
special displays.

             JNM

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