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From: kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Graphics Standard
Keywords: Graphics
Message-ID: <1991May18.061448.26378@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 18 May 91 06:14:48 GMT
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I reckon that the idea of having a "24bit.device" or "24bit.library" would be
a good idea.  Maybe something vaguely analogous to what X windows is in the
sense that it would work regardless of the real capabilities of the underlying
graphics hardware.

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A reply to that (I forgot to hit the "F" button):
 
Well, imagine it, 24-bit color without a color table. 
I think Xwindows lacks a multi-screen environment like Workbench/Amigados.
You could have your 24-bit buffered 1k by 1k card working with the 
amiga as a workbench environment and a some small blitter controlled 
640X400 screens in the background working on more text oriented 
programs like a compiler/debuger. This would solve all those GUI 
problems but only for amigados not UNIX. For UNIX you would probably have 
to have two terminals working side-by-side to do the same sort of work.
One can only hope for a SPARC or something to solve those problems.
 
 I'm always for .library support. 
  
It is very simple too.