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From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ?
Message-ID: <4269.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 9 Jun 91 09:10:33 GMT
References: <1991Jun3.202114.4029@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> <1991Jun3.225024.13052@marlin.jcu.edu.au> <1991Jun4.210724.1246@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> <1991Jun7.091455.10355@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> <1991Jun8.085839.3556@news.iastate.edu>,<1991Jun8.191231.18699@lelan
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Quoted from <1991Jun9.012550.19228@news.iastate.edu> by taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett):
>    Who has told you that DIG will NOT take several years?  The fact is,
> nobody knows how long DIG will take.  However, I do not think DIG will
> be available in less than three years, simply because 2.0 itself has 

    It seems extremely unlikely. A device independent graphics library
    isn't going to take several years. It shouldn't take more than
    several months.

    Upgrading the OS to use that might take a while, but that is a
    seperate issue.

>  / Marc Barrett  -MB- | BITNET:   XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET        /   
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