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From: crimmins@csli.STANFORD.EDU (Mark Crimmins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Windows...
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Date: 3 Apr 89 19:08:22 GMT
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Sender: crimmins@csli.Stanford.EDU (Mark Crimmins)
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In article <8904031232.AA10738@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu> jb211@UXF.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>
>    As far as I know, no such project has ever been done for a ][ (pre-gs).
>The GS's windowing system works much as you have described yours. You might
>want to get the GS Toolbox Reference manual (vol.2 would be sufficient)
>and see just how Apple went about the problem.  Obviously the Text Window
>routines will be much simpler (and faster) because they won't have to worry
>about color, half-byte pixels, etc. etc.
>
>Jawaid Bazyar
>jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu


I'm not entirely sure what's being demanded of such a project, but
Apple does have a set of routines for text-screen windows, with mouse
support, scroll-bars and that sort of stuff.  It's available from
APDA, and it's called the Apple II Desktop Toolkit.  Acctually, this
package includes routines for a HighRes version of the same thing too.
It works like the MLI stuff, I think, in case you're interested.
Actually, if someone wants my unused copy (with extensive
documentation, sources, etc.), I'd be willing to sell it for peanuts
($15). 

Mark
(crimmins@csli.stanford.edu)