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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: info for the masses
Message-ID: <14861@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 15 Jan 91 03:10:41 GMT
References: <1991Jan14.005429.1@gacvx1.gac.edu> <15603@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <15603@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> jonah@crl.ucsd.edu (Jonah Stich) writes:
>Oh, BTW, I agree that some of the FTA stuff is better than Apple's tools,
>but PLEASE use the tools and follow the rules!!

As Jim Mensch (I think) said at KansasFest, this is not an onerous burden,
since all you have to do is allocate a GrafPort (or whatever it's called)
to cover the space you then use via direct "bare metal" display access, and
similarly for other toolkits.  The important part is to "officially" allocate
resources rather than just plow ahead and use them without coordinating with
GS/OS and the toolbox.

>Mathematica GS

I know enough about the structure of Mathematica to promise that the only
way this will ever be accomplished is for somebody to have access to the
source code.

>A GS ray tracer

You could probably port the BRL-CAD package (librt and the "rt" utility)
without much trouble, as it's written in somewhat portable C.  Contact
Keith@BRL.MIL if you have a serious interest in obtaining the sources.