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- From: magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: Coherent graphics
- Message-ID: <9301073223@drktowr.chi.il.us>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 18:09:39 GMT
- References: <9301070208.AA16657@PCS.CNU.EDU>
- Organization: DarkTower Software
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- Charles Shannon Hendrix (shendrix@PCS.CNU.EDU) wrote:
- : I was thinking that it would be great to make a call-compatible
- : vga library for doing console graphics under Coherent. That way, programs
- : developed for either platform should run fine. Right now, the vgalib is
- : pretty simple but includes most everything you need graphics-wise. I
- : could provide a list of functions if someone with the DDK would like to
- : try a port. It has been written to support SVGA only so one doesn't have
- : to worry about configuring for the wild array of graphics hardware. All
- : modes are currently 640x480 and under.
-
- Why would you need the DDK to write a library? You don't. The graphics
- driver written by Harry, Udo, et al. works fine. You could just
- write the library for that. Plus, it works with MGR which has also
- been ported.
-
- On top of it all, the loadable drivers aren't in there yet, so you
- need the DDK to rebuild the kernel to install the graphics card driver
- anyhow.
-
- : E-mail me if you want more information. This just seems like a
- : good way to make porting easier and I'm sure a lot of people would like
- : a graphics library for Coherent without needing X or MGR.
-
- Yep. It's a good idea.
-
- -Louis
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