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- Subject: Re: What is (infamous) RTG?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.133658.58895@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 13:36:57 MDT
- References: <1992Sep15.172440.10032@daimi.aau.dk>
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- In article <1992Sep15.172440.10032@daimi.aau.dk>, pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) writes:
- > Often, RTG graphics are expressed wanted in the Amiga
- > Operating System; what is it? Real Time Graphics?
- > Real True Golour? (Honestly, I'm clueless about what
- > RTG supposedly stands for)
-
- You must not be to far in your computer science studies. :)
-
- RTG is Retargetable Transputer Gorgons.
- ^ ^ ^
-
- You place small microscopic Gorgons in you computer and they build and
- retarget a transputer.
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-
- Perhaps you've heard of DIG (Device Independant Graphics)? Same philosiphy.
- It is where the OS can simply use a driver of some sort to use every feature
- of an expansion product. Most obvious case DIG/RTG? Windows 3.1 with
- S/VGA cards, sound cards, etc...
-
- Greetings,
-
- Travis Carter
- slbfn@cc.usu.edu
- > --
- > Jakob Gaardsted . . | Black Rainbow(TM) . . .
- > Computer Science Department . |. Invaporated . . . .
- > University of Aarhus, Jylland(!)| . . . Cordless Life . .
- > . pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk . | . . . Pointless Mouse .
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