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- From: markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Markus Illenseer)
- Subject: Re: ADPro vs. ImageMaster: Which is better for DTP?
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- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.083927.28024@unibi.uni-bielefeld.de>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 08:39:27 GMT
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- In article <64675@cup.portal.com>, blackbelt@cup.portal.com (Ben - Williams) writes:
- |> Marcus Illenseer,
- |>
- |> Note that Imagemaster was designed and released before CBM came OUT with
- |> the style guide. Your point is taken, though - we are working on it. The
- |> trick is to use an Amiga "Standard" interface and have the same power
- |> and flexibility available. It's not as easy as it might look from
- |> outside. We'll do it, though. :^)
-
- Okay, this is good to hear! I think (hope) this will increase the
- user-friendlyness and the power of ImageMaster.
-
- |>
- |> You mentioned GigaMem; we've put in something for the 9.16 release (due
- |> shortly, a few weeks) designed especially for Gigamem; it allows the
- |> user to specify that the memory for the image buffers may be allocated
- |> withOUT the MEMF_PUBLIC flag, which GigaMem likes to use to discriminate
- |> who gets VM and who does not.
-
- Indeed, correct. It's really good to see that you are actually develloping
- your product :)
-
- |> We used MEMF_PUBLIC because the image buffers
- |> ARE public; other programs can use/multitask them with us... so to use
- |> GigaMem as it was intended to be used, this little feature makes it much
- |> easier. It's not too bad a deal to do; although it breaks the idea of
- |> the MEMF_PUBLIC flag, since CBM doesn't provide a MEMF_VIRTUAL or
- |> MEMF_SWAPPABLE flag, and has remained mum on the subject, we felt it was
- |> time to do something positive. Anyway, I ramble. Cioa.
- |>
- |> Typos... I hate typos: Ciao. :^)
- |>
- |> Ben
-
- MEMF_Swappable :-) Good idea. Anybody willing to patch exec ? :)
- Well, MEMF_PUBLIC was designed to alloc memory in any free space of the
- RAM, i don't think it was intended to allocate it to make it accessable
- for all tasks. I don't think you break any rule. Anyway you actually
- have provided the way to have access to your memeory, other image processing
- tools for Amiga don't do this, and, the eat ALL avail RAM on start w/o
- asking...
-
- Cioa Markus :)
-
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