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Incorrect Inside Macintosh Volume V documentation
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Deprecated - QD15: Identifies incorrect documentation in Inside Macintosh Volume V regarding the formats of PnPixPat and BkPixPat opcodes.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15 |
IOKit Framework Headers
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QA1107: Describes the differences between the headers in IOKit.framework and the I/O Kit headers in Kernel.framework.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-01-15 |
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Is ColorSync thread safe?
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QA1261: Discusses ColorSync thread-safety issues.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-04-17 |
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Is the Open Firmware device tree object oriented?
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HW80: Discusses the object-oriented attributes of the Open Firmware device tree.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1999-11-15 |
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Legacy Devices
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HW84: Discusses why legacy devices with hard-wired I/O addresses may not work properly with Open Firmware.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2000-03-20 |
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LockPixels and DisposeGWorld with QTNewGWorldFromPtr
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QA1007: Clarifies some issues surrounding pointer ownership when creating GWorlds with QTNewGWorldFromPtr
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-02-26 |
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Mac OS X OpenGL Interfaces
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QA1269: Describes the Mac OS X specific APIs to set up and use OpenGL.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-06-19 |
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Menus & Hardware Accelerated OpenGL under Mac OS 9 Carbon
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QA1042: Explains how to handle correctly Mac OS 9 menus when there is hardware accelerated OpenGL blitting.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-07-10 |
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Missing ColorSync Profiles
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CS13: Describes ColorSync profiles, focusing on the desc tag of the profile and the results of incorrect tags.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1999-05-03 |
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NSOpenGLView redraw problems after a window is closed and re-opened.
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QA1353: Workaround for NSOpenGLView failure to draw after its window is closed and re-opened.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-12-03 |
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NSTimers and Rendering Loops
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QA1385: Using Cocoa timers (NSTimer) to drive a rendering loop
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-10-04 |
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OpenGL and 3D Graphics Changes in Mac OS X v10.2.3
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QA1229: Mac OS X v10.2.3 OpenGL and 3D Graphics improvements
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-01-03 |
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OpenGL and 3D Graphics Changes in Mac OS X v10.2.4
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QA1239: Describes the changes made in OpenGL and 3D graphics for Mac OS X v10.2.4.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-02-18 |
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OpenGL and 3D Graphics Changes in Mac OS X v10.2.5
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QA1258: Describes the changes made in OpenGL and 3D graphics for Mac OS X v10.2.5.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-04-29 |
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OpenGL Driver Monitor Decoder Ring
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QA1334: Describes what each of the parameters available in the OpenGL Driver Monitor measure.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-01-30 |
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OpenGL Sample Code
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QA1166: Describes new naming convention for OpenGL sample code
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-12-01 |
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OpenGL Texture Sharing Between Contexts
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QA1031: Describes the process of creating shared OpenGL contexts and sharing textures between these contexts.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-05-01 |
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The "packages" node in the device tree
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HW90: Describes the "packages" node in the Open Firmware device tree.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2000-09-05 |
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Parsing the PICT File Format
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Deprecated - QD56: Explains where to find information on the PICT file format and warns against parsing a PICT file.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1998-02-10 |
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PCI Type 1 Cycles
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HW26: Describes the circumstances when the PowerMac generates a Configuration Type 1 command.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-07-15 |
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Preserving embedded ICC profiles when using QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporters
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QA1145: Shows how to preserve the embedded ICC profile when using the QuickTime Graphics Importer/Exporter routines
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-09-04 |
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Problem Getting PICTS to Display in Correct Colors
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Deprecated - QD24: Using a custom color table to get PICTs to display with the right colors in an offscreen GWorld.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15 |
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Problem with PaintRgn on 256-color Screens
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Deprecated - QD23: PaintRgn with RGBForeColor and transfer mode addOver doesn't return color to original on 256-color-screens.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15 |
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Problems Creating a Mask for a Picture
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Deprecated - QD27: Demonstrates creating a mask where the mask is 0 for pure white pixels and 1 everywhere else.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15 |
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Problems recording CopyBits into a PICT on Mac OS X 10.2
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QA1189: Identifies a problem with CopyBits and PICT on Mac OS X 10.2 and gives a simple workaround.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-11-19 |
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Providing QuickDraw with a Known Good Port
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Deprecated - QA1237: How to use SetPort( NULL) to provide QuickDraw with a known good port.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-09-29 |
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QDFlushPortBuffer
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QD65: Describes a possible solution for window update problems under Carbon.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2000-11-08 |
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QDSwapPort
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QA1128: Explains when to use QDSwapPort.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-11-06 |
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Quartz 2D Interpolation
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QA1186: Explains how to control Quartz 2D's image interpolation.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-10-29 |
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Quartz 2D Thread Safety
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QA1238: Explains the thread-safety issues for the Quartz 2D API.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-02-25 |
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QuickDraw Text Anti-Aliasing using Quartz 2D
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QA1193: Describes APIs added to Mac OS X to allow applications to draw QD text using CG anti-aliasing.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-10-29 |
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Replacing OpenPort in Carbon
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QD66: Discusses a potential crashing problem when Carbonizing code that uses black and white GrafPorts.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2000-11-08 |
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Retain Counts of io_object_t Objects in IOKit.framework
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QA1195: Distinguishes between the retain counts of an I/O Kit kernel object and its io_object_t user space proxy.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-09-04 |
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Sample code for allocating an amount of dictionary space
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HW71: Discusses the allocation and the setting of memory for Dictionary space in Open Firmware.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1999-10-11 |
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Saving the current Core Graphics Path
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QA1056: Explains that the Core Graphics save and restore GState APIs do not affect the path.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-10-02 |
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SCSIAction and IOSCSIUserClient on Mac OS X 10.2
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QA1201: Describes migrating to a new API for SCSI Parallel devices starting with Mac OS X 10.2.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-09-13 |
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Setting the ColorSync profile for a NSBitmapImageRep object
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QA1369: Setting the ColorSync profile for a NSBitmapImageRep object
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-09-08 |
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Setting the preferred CMM programatically?
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QA1086: Uses the NCMConcatProfileSet structure to specify the CMM to be used to make the CMWorldRef with the NCWConcatColorWorld function.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-10-24 |
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Sharpening Full Scene Anti-Aliasing Details
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QA1268: Using full scene anti-aliasing (FSAA) in OpenGL applications.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-10-10 |
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Shearing a Coordinate Space with NSAffineTransform
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QA1332: Describes a simple way to shear coordinate spaces by adding a few methods to the NSAffineTransform class.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-01-29 |
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Special Profile Sizes in ColorSync Manager
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CS03: Answers several questions on special profile sizes in ColorSync Manager and other efficiency issues.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-05-01 |
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Spooling in or out of CompressPicture or CompressImage
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Deprecated - QD17: Recommends alternatives to spooling the results of CompressPicture or CompressImage to or from disk.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15 |
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Successful Call to NCWNewColorWorld
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CS08: Explains the return value of NCWNewColorWorld and the CMWorldRef parameter as a valid return value when successful.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1996-02-09 |
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SyncCGContextOriginWithPort
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QA1010: Describes how to use SyncCGContextOriginWithPort.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-04-11 |
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Tioga PostScript Printing Plugins in Mac OS X 10.2
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QA1085: Why Tioga printing plugins for PostScript printing aren't called on Mac OS X 10.2 and later.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-07-14 |
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Turning Off Core Graphics Clipping
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QA1050: Explains how to clear the clipping path for a CGContext.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-07-02 |
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Unexpected CG state changes
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QA1045: Explains why the Core Graphics drawing state sometimes changes for no apparent reason.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-07-02 |
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Updating OpenGL Contexts
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QA1209: When and why to update an OpenGL context in response to system and user actions.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2003-06-19 |
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Using Clip Region and Buffer Rectangles with OpenGL Carbon
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QA1222: Shows the basics of using buffer rectangles and clip regions with AGL.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-12-19 |
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Using cmPathBased profile locations on Mac OS X
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QA1203: Shows how to correctly specify cmPath-based profile locations on Mac OS X
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-11-06 |
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Using Embedded EPS Profiles
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CS09: Gives source on embedding ColorSync profiles in EPS as well as PICT and TIFF formats.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1996-02-09 |
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Using Interface Builder's NSOpenGLView or Custom View objects for an OpenGL application
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QA1167: Describes usage cases for both NSOpenGLViews and Custom Views for Cocoa OpenGL applications
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-10-28 |
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Using qd and QDGlobals
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Deprecated - QD40: Why a sample program compiled with SC may give the link error: undefined entry qd. Provides a solution.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1996-02-09 |
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Using Temporary Memory with OpenPicture
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Deprecated - QD20: Provides several techniques of causing OpenPicture to allocate temporary memory for a picture handle.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1996-02-01 |
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What is the "dump" word and how do I use it?
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HW68: Describes the function of the Open Firmware word "dump" and how it can be used.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1999-10-11 |
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What numeric base is the default for the Open Firmware user interface?
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HW65: Describes how the default numeric base used by the Open Firmware user interface is hexadecimal.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1999-10-11 |
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When to use PCMCIA, PC Card, and CardBus
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HW77: Explains the differences between PCMCIA, PC Card, and CardBus.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1999-11-15 |
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Why am I drawing directly to the screen?
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QA1015: Explains why drawing to a window's backbuffer can affect the upper left corner of the screen instead.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2004-02-19 |
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Why are my Core Graphics calls drawing upside down?
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QA1009: Explains why CoreGraphics drawing comes out upside down relative to QuickDraw drawing.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2001-04-11 |
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Why did the name of the PCI bridge change?
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HW59: Explains the name change of the PCI bridge to the generic name "pci" in Open Firmware.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1999-03-29 |
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Why does logging keep my Printer Module from working?
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Deprecated - QA1182: Describes some problems with standard printf logging in a Printer Module on Jaguar.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-11-06 |
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Why don't all of my PDE localizations show up in all applications?
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QA1185: Explains why some PDE localizations might not appear in all applications.
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Graphics & Imaging |
2002-10-16 |
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Window Manager and EraseRect
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Deprecated - QD26: Why WindowManager causes a flicker using EraseRect and provides a solution for this problem.
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Graphics & Imaging |
1995-09-15 |
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The "/aliases" node in the device tree
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HW89: Describes the aliases node in the Open Firmware device tree.
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Hardware |
2000-09-05 |
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128Mb SDRAM ICs limitation on original "Bronze Keyboard" Powerbook G3
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QA1040: Outlines Memory ICs design limitation on original "Bronze Keyboard" Powerbook G3.
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Hardware |
2001-06-21 |
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The AAPL, slot-name property and PCI
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HW61: Discusses the use of the AAPL,slot name property for PCI
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Hardware |
1999-04-19 |
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Adding dependencies with kmodload
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QA1097: Illustrates how to specify dependencies when using kmodload.
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Hardware |
2001-12-05 |
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ANSI SCSI Standards
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Deprecated - DV03: Describes past Macintosh systems that did not fully support the ANSI SCSI-1 standard.
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Hardware |
1995-07-01 |
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Are interrupts enabled while Open Firmware is running?
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HW44: Explains that interrupts are disabled when Open Firmware is running.
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Hardware |
1999-02-15 |
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Are the Name Registry device tree nodes unique?
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Deprecated - HW64: Discusses whether Name Registry nodes copied from the Open Firmware device tree are unique.
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Hardware |
1999-10-11 |
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Available FireWire Isochronous Bandwidth
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QA1356: Discusses attempting to "pre-flight" an isochronous bandwidth allocation request by reading the currently available bandwidth.
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Hardware |
2004-07-07 |
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Avoiding Kernel Event Conflicts
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QA1063: Documents the namespace for the vendor_code field of the kern_event_msg structure.
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Hardware |
2001-09-14 |
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Bluetooth Radio Power Class for Apple Systems
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QA1278: Notes Preferred Bluetooth Transmitter Characteristics for products designed for Apple Systems.
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Hardware |
2003-08-06 |
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Booting after invoking the Open Firmware user interface
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HW48: Tells how to boot a system after entering the Open Firmware user interface.
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Hardware |
1999-02-15 |
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Can you explain the words "begin" and "again"?
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HW70: Explains the Forth looping words "begin" and "again" and how to escape such a loop.
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Hardware |
1999-10-11 |
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Changing the configuration variable in Open Firmware
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HW40: Tells how to change the configuration variable in Open Firmware.
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Hardware |
1999-02-15 |
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Changing the TCP Window Size
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NW47: Describes how to change the TCP window size in Open Transport.
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Hardware |
1997-03-14 |
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Checking for the Printer Driver
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DV42: Describes a legacy Mac OS technique avoiding system hangs when using serial drivers on USB systems.
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Hardware |
2000-06-19 |
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The "chosen" node in the device tree
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HW88: Describes how to find the "chosen" node in the Open firmware device tree.
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Hardware |
2000-09-05 |
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Clearing mDNSResponder's cached records
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QA1310: Clearing the Rendezvous service cache (mDNSResponder's cached records) for testing purposes.
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Hardware |
2004-02-11 |
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Common QA and Roadmap for USB Software Development on Mac OS X
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QA1370: Roadmap for development of USB Software on Mac OS X and some Common Questions and Answers
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Hardware |
2004-09-22 |
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Converting a numeric string to a number under Forth
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HW52: Demonstrates numeric string conversion in Forth.
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Hardware |
1999-03-29 |
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DDR SDRAM ICs for PowerBooks and iBooks that use Memory bus slewing
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QA1344: Specifies DDR SDRAM IC optimization for PowerBooks and iBooks that use Memory bus slewing.
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Hardware |
2004-03-18 |
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Detecting a CD-ROM
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DV18: Demonstrates CD-ROM drive detection.
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Hardware |
1997-01-31 |
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Detecting specific ROM-in-RAM Mac
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Deprecated - HW49: Identifying a Mac by name ("iMac"), and better alternatives for determining specific features ("has Firewire").
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Hardware |
1999-10-05 |
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Determining Open Firmware configuration variables
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HW56: Discusses how to determine the Open Firmware variables on a system.
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Hardware |
1999-03-29 |
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Determining Open Firmware version
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HW100: Demonstrates how to find out the version of Open Firmware on your Macintosh.
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Hardware |
2000-10-06 |
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Determining RAM size & location in New World Machines
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QA1065: Demonstrates Open Firmware method of determining RAM size & location in New World Machines.
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Hardware |
2001-08-01 |
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Determining the version of Open Firmware on your Mac
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HW60: Describes a method to display the version of Open Firmware on a Macintosh.
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Hardware |
1999-03-29 |
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Difference between an Open Firmware word and method
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HW46: Describes the differences between an Open Firmware word and an Open Firmware method.
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Hardware |
1999-02-15 |
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Difference between using Restart or Shut Down in the Finder's Special menu in Open Firmware
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HW47: Explains the differences between using Restart or Shut Down on Open Firmware
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Hardware |
1999-02-15 |
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Disabling a Processor on a Multiprocessor System
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QA1141: Describes how to disable a processor on a multiprocessor system for testing purposes.
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Hardware |
2002-05-22 |
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Discovering all advertised Rendezvous service types
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QA1337: Explains how to discover all Rendezvous service types being advertised on the local network.
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Hardware |
2004-06-01 |
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Displaying PCI Configuration Registers contents in Open Firmware
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QA1036: Demonstrates how to display PCI Configuration Resister contents in Open Firmware.
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Hardware |
2001-05-18 |
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dl command in 1 machine mode
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HW51: Describes using the "dl" command in 1 machine mode.
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Hardware |
1999-03-29 |
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Do PowerBooks have a PCI bus?
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HW43: Explains that a Powerbook has a PCI bus.
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Hardware |
1999-02-15 |
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DR Emulator Caches
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Deprecated - HW28: Describes the Dynamic Recompiling emulator's cache, including a description of when to flush the cache.
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Hardware |
1996-04-08 |
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DRAM DIMM power pin connections for Macintosh Computers
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QA1271: Discusses design considerations for DRAM DIMM power pin connections for Macintosh Computers.
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Hardware |
2003-07-04 |
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The dreaded "incompatible flag -framework" error
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QA1096: Explains how to eliminate the incompatible flag -framework error in Project Builder.
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Hardware |
2001-12-05 |
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Driver Gestalt & Icon Services
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DV37: Describes the interaction of Driver Gestalt & Icon Services
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Hardware |
1999-10-05 |
