From: | Matt Sealey |
Date: | 21 Jun 2001 at 20:31:20 |
Subject: | Re: Whinge,whinge!!!! |
Hello Kevin
On 21-Jun-01, you wrote:
> Hello Matt,
>
> On 20-Jun-01, you wrote:
>
>> very much doubt they'll release the hardware specs required to
>> create a HAL for it.
>
> HAL?
Hardware Abstraction Layer.
It's the magic that sits inbetween the hardware, and any hardware
independant code. Usually means that you can access a standard
set of functions for hardware without knowing exactly what it does.
The nearest thing we have to a proper HAL that everyone can use
is Warp3D - is takes the fundamental concepts of a 3D pipeline
and makes it available in a consistent way without us having to
know anything about how the 3dfx FIFO, nVidia's multipliers, or
where you have to push vertex lists on any card.
Thanks
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