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From: cs326ag@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: OS Graphic Card Support: Part II!
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.001225.19285@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 13 Feb 91 00:12:25 GMT
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Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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Jason Wilson writes:
> Have all graphic card developers include a STANDARDIZED method of
> communicating to the OS what resolutions the card supports, how it is stored
> in memory(the image, hopefully in a rasterport compatable format), and how
> to modify the pallette, etc.
<etc...>

Ahh, what you want is AmigaQu*ckDr*w... :-) :-)

Note: although I hate many aspects of the Mac, I will gladly concede
that I believe Apple's QuickDraw(tm) to be one of the best implemented
features of the programmers view of the Mac system.  I.e. it does not
drive a Mac programmer crazy...

Yes, it is what is needed to provide RTG, but it must come from
Commodore.  *And* it might have to be incompatible with the current
standard we now enjoy (or hate :-).

Loren J. Rittle
Well, maybe NewTek could set the standard... :-0
-- 
``NewTek stated that the Toaster *would not* be made to directly 
  support the Mac, at this point Sculley stormed out of the booth...''
-A scene recently seen in an Amiga vendor's booth at the last MacExpo.
Gee, you wouldn't think that an Apple Exec would be so worried about