abs@nbc1.UUCP (Andrew Siegel) (06/26/86)
I'm curious as to how one would access the features of, say, an Enhanced Graphics Adapter or a mouse from a PC-based UNIX or UNIX-like operating system such as Xenix, Coherent, Venix, etc. What I'm looking for is just a summary of the programming model for these devices, and an idea of how well integrated they are into the system. We want to use a PC as a control terminal, using color graphics and a mouse for interaction, but we would prefer to avoid MS-DOS and instead use UNIX. I'm concerned that any PC implementation of UNIX may have weak or non-existent access to add-on features of the PC. Please respond by mail. I will summarize and post results. Thanks. -- Andrew Siegel, N2CN NBC Computer Imaging, New York, NY philabs!nbc1!abs (212)664-5776