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From: bskendig@bow.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How to access frame buffer on Mac II?
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Date: 8 Feb 91 18:44:27 GMT
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In article <7876@eos.arc.nasa.gov> jenlan@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Jennifer S Lanham) writes:
>  I understand it is a no-no to write to the main screen frame buffer on
>  a Mac II ( x, fx, etc.).  In fact, the base address of the graphics
>  device's  pixMap is 0x0000.  Does some one know how to get around this?

Um, use QuickDraw routines?

I don't see your problem.  You don't need to know what the base
address is; you don't need to flip bits by hand -- just call the
appropriate QuickDraw procedures, and you should be okay.

Could you clarify your difficulty?

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