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- From: greggs@izar.nersc.gov (Gregg D. Schoenberger)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: Re: ECS X-windows
- Message-ID: <143396@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 20:17:35 GMT
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- In article <Bz27Kp.Gvn@digiboard.digibd.com> rhealey@dellr4.digibd.com (Rob Healey) writes:
- > The chunky vs bitplane issue isn't trivial. Also, the AmigaUNIX
- > kernel does NOT support ECS modes, only "OCS" modes. B^(.
-
- Never said it was :->> CBM would have done it otherwise, but
- time and money constrained them. We ( all ) are not as limited as
- CBM's vast staff of unix support people in what could be done.
-
- >
- > The issue is speed of color graphics under UNIX, i.e. it would
- > suck dead rotting bunnies through a straw. B^(.
-
- Could be, but hardware tweekers do seem to do amazing stuff with
- plain 'ol ADos or a naked machine, why not here? Given a single-threaded
- nature of the device driver ( contention-wise ), some things not legal under
- ADos might be legal here. Of course sticking to whatever guidelines are
- available should be done....
-
- >
- > Getting a chunky graphics card is really the best way to go, the
- > trouble is none of them are particularly cheep and you have
- > the issue where you can't display the other screen groups with
- > these cards as there is no console driver for them. B^(.
-
- Yes, conceded point. But why not make ECS/AGA capabilities available,
- especially since I recall being told that a native Color-X would be
- done (long ago). Besides, not everyone has buckets of cash, they might
- need some for memory/disk. Slow color may have a niche in this market,
- why not exploit it? Could serve as a teaser to inspire someone to get
- a separate card/monitor/desk-to-hold-it/power-substation-to-run-it-all. ;-)
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