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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.apps:983 comp.os.linux.misc:10379 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pavo.csi.cam.ac.uk!mbfs.bio.cam.ac.uk!tjrc1 From: tjrc1@mbfs.bio.cam.ac.uk (Tim Cutts) Subject: Re: DOOM for X Message-ID: <1994Mar3.131137.27311@infodev.cam.ac.uk> Sender: news@infodev.cam.ac.uk (USENET news) Nntp-Posting-Host: mbfs.bio.cam.ac.uk Organization: U of Cambridge, England References: <2jf56m$7r@u.cc.utah.edu> <hastyCL2opx.I0x@netcom.com> <141787@hydra.gatech.EDU> <hastyCM0K96.1zo@netcom.com> <CM24Hn.6CJ@rex.uokhsc.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 13:11:37 GMT Lines: 19 Someone wrote: >>>I'm somewhat surprised that Dave didn't choose to use svgalib, a library >>>that supports many SVGA cards and modes and all VGA modes. It also >>>supports up to 16M colors on truecolor-capable cards. However, they're >>>peobably so sick of DOS and compatibility problems that they just >>>left all the hardware muck up to the X server. That way, any problems >>>that come up can be answered with "not our fault." I mailed him, and he said that although he's working under Linux, he wants the port to be a generic X11 port, rather than a Linux specific port. Hence not using svgalib. Tim. -- Tim Cutts (tjrc1@cus.cam.ac.uk) "The majority of the stupid is 194, Vinery Rd, Cambridge, CB1 3DS, UK invincible and will persist for all (+44) 223 572622 (home) time" (+44) 223 336616/336664 (work) - Albert Einstein