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- From: sm86+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stefan Monnier)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: access to the screen using C?
- Message-ID: <0eZQIze00awKQ97kxx@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 04:40:31 GMT
- References: <Bt3wAD.DCq@iat.holonet.net>
- Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- > how would I get a pointer to (or suitable handle) to allow direct
- > writing to the screen?
- > i'm using sozobon, are there books on this subject?
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- Just never try to access screen directly: it is not compatible to new
- machines and it is not nice (comfortable) to do. Finally, you never take
- profit of all the work of OS programmers (or better of NVDI programmers)
- !
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- VDI is here to be used ! it may not be the fastest way to draw something
- but it is convenient !
-
- Stefan Monier
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