Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:35:44 +0000 (WET) From: Alexey Pialkin <root@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru> To: uriah.heep.sax.de!joerg_wunsch@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru Cc: FreeBSD.ORG!freebsd-hackers@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru Subject: Re: direct access to video card Message-ID: <199603080735.KAA21388@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199603080007.BAA18105@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Mar 8, 96 01:07:45 am
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> > BTW, i am interesting in this too. I would like to use FreeBSD for some > > experiments in graphics and i _really_ don't whant to use 'X'.. > > 'X' are really slow on my 486/8... > > X does even run on my 386/16 with 5 MB. > > As long as you only want the functionality you've been describing, who > tells you that you gotta start ten xterms, a window manager, a > Netscape, and an Emacs? > X-s - are nice until i start to develop something :(( Looks like someone get 2-5 mb RAM from my computer :((( I believe that you can use dozens of xterms,Netscapes & so on on on 5 mb comp. -but i don't believe that all this will work fast :) > The Xserver itself and the application you're going to develop don't > eat up that much memory. If you're going to use a full-screen DGA 2 mb - X-s,and ?? mb my program :((( > application, you might even omit the window manager. For the extra > megabyte you're paying, you get support for several dozens of graphics > cards. Hmm.. I don't like X-s at all. May be they are nice for Netscaping - but in game/demo modeling they are zero. IMHO. -- Alexey Pialkin
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