Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!ncrcan!ziebmef!timg
From: timg@ziebmef.uucp (Tim Grantham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 68881 & Adraw
Keywords: ADraw
Message-ID: <1989Mar20.104116.15651@ziebmef.uucp>
Date: 20 Mar 89 15:41:14 GMT
References: <7513@killer.Dallas.TX.US>
Reply-To: timg@ziebmef.UUCP (Tim Grantham)
Organization: Ziebmef Public Access Unix, Toronto, Ontario
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In article <7513@killer.Dallas.TX.US> elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green) writes:
>So far, the best "general" drawing package I've encountered is Aegis
>Draw Plus. It is a good compromise between features and ease-of-use --
>I've seen more-featurefull programs that were too hard to use, and
>programs like IntroCAD that are basically useless, they're so simple. 
>
>The only problem is that it's slow as mollasas!
>
>So, does anybody know: 
>  Does it use the standard Amiga IEEE libraries?
>  Can it take advantage of a CMI board with 68881?
>
 ... [stuff deleted]

>The 68881 is the preferred solution, of course, but I'm desperate for
>just about anything.... the existing draw packages simply are TOO
>SLOW, at least what I've seen.
>

The newest version of Draw Plus, Draw 2000, contains a 68020/68881 version.
My preliminary tests with a Lucas Board with 512K indicate that it is at
least twice as fast with redraws. Aegis says that it will run up to 4 times
faster.

Tim.

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