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- From: Todd_Lewis@unc.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
- Subject: Re: Attn Commodore: You are making a Big Mistake (Hardware
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.141831.17922@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- References: <37138@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:18:31 GMT
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- In article <37138@cbmvax.commodore.com> spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer
- Shanson) writes:
- >I am no UNIX expert, but is there a reason why the display side of a UNIX port
- >could not sit on top of the graphics.library? After all, to bring up a UNIX
- >screen would involve duplicating the work that has already gone into the A4000
- >kickstart.
-
- Are you saying that the graphics.library can be used without Exec running?
- Doesn't graphics.library rely on other parts of the Amiga OS being around.
- Is there then any reason why the display side of anything (say a boot-off-
- the-floppy game) could not sit on top of the graphics.library without
- Exec?
- >Spencer Shanson - Amiga Software Engineer | email: spence@commodore.COM
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