From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 28 22:43:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA24618 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 22:43:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from pluto.senet.com.au (pluto.senet.com.au [203.11.90.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA24595 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 22:43:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darius@holly.rd.net) Received: from holly.rd.net (c3-p19.senet.com.au [203.56.237.148]) by pluto.senet.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA12496 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 16:59:43 +1030 Received: from holly.rd.net (localhost.rd.net [127.0.0.1]) by holly.rd.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA21328 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:03:47 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199710290633.RAA21328@holly.rd.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svgalib? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 28 Oct 1997 16:44:01 -0800." Reply-to: doconnor@ist.flinders.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:03:47 +1030 From: "Daniel J. O'Connor" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > The (direct?) X extension on newer versions of xfree86 isn't so bad. > Maybye you should take a look into it. I think it lets you use shared > memory to directly write to the x display. I used to play quake under an > extension like this in linux, I am sure it is standard these days. With > the sysvshm working it wasn't at all bad. Or perhaps write a svgalib which uses DGA to do its drawing. There is also a vga lib replacement which uses aalib(an ascii graphics library) =) Try - http://horac.ta.jcu.cz//aa/ --------------- Daniel O'Connor 3rd Year Computer Science at Flinders University http://www.geocities.com.au/CapeCanaveral/7200