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From: kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Graphics Standard
Keywords: Graphics
Message-ID: <1991May19.063646.10572@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 19 May 91 06:36:46 GMT
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In article <1991May18.061448.26378@ariel.unm.edu> kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) writes:
>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.
>
>-----
>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. 
>

Excuse me, I didn't know what I was talking about the other night. 
I guess I was tooooooo sleeepy or something. 
 
 Sorry for wasting the bandwidth. Later