Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:03:47 +1030 From: "Daniel J. O'Connor" <darius@senet.com.au> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svgalib? Message-ID: <199710290633.RAA21328@holly.rd.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 28 Oct 1997 16:44:01 -0800." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971028164127.823A-100000@trojanhorse.ml.org>
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> 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
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