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From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Munching Squares
Message-ID: <635@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: Mon, 8-Jun-87 19:07:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: gryphon.635
Posted: Mon Jun  8 19:07:54 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jun-87 06:22:44 EDT
References: <6004@eddie.MIT.EDU> <536@iscuva.ISCS.COM>
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, Ca.
Lines: 79
Summary: Munch a bunch

In article <536@iscuva.ISCS.COM>, jimc@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Jim Cathey) writes:
> In article <6004@eddie.MIT.EDU> wjc@eddie.MIT.EDU (Bill Chiarchiaro) writes:
> >
> >I am trying to find the algorithm for the Munching Squares
> >graphics hack.  This was, I believe, originally done on a PDP-1
> >at MIT in the early 60's, and has been used as a graphics demo
> >on some more recent hardware (MicroAngelo graphics board,
> >Lisp Machines, etc.).
> 
> Anyone who knows please post this!  I have access to a MicroAngelo, and I've
> been fascinated by the program, but I don't relish the thought of going in
> with a disassembler to find out what it is.  I'm interested in porting this
> to one of our new machines.
> 
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ok at SIGGRAPH '74 BITMAP GRAPHICS course notes. This *may* be what you want.
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