Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!mmdf From: Marcelo Pazzini Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: SCREEN proposal Message-ID: <56139@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 12 Jun 91 19:02:18 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu Lines: 25 On Tue, 11 Jun 91 13:43:51 GMT Frans Meulenbroeks said: >This message proposes a standard for interfacing with a bitmapped screen >under MINIX. (Stuff deleted. In major part I agree, but...) >3) the way images are stored in offscreen memory is implementation > specific. Depending on the hardware used, different storing > techniques are preferred. For instance using VGA it may be the best > to store the diffent bit planes after each other. On the ST however, > it is more convenient to store all bits of a plane sequentially > (so complete pixels are stored). Okay. It is fast, but, if you store a bitmap image on disk you cannot load it in other machines. I guess your idea is very good, but is missing some function to convert the bitmap to a standard. This could be a "de facto" standard already in use today. I hope you a good luck on writing this stuff from scratch. ;-) Marcelo Pazzini (pazzini@brufsm.BITNET) DELC - CT The child is grown, UFSM Campus The dream is gone, Santa Maria, RS And I have become, 97119 Comfortably... teacher. BRASIL (BRAZIL if you're out of here!) (D.Gilmour, diff by me)