mende@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Bob Mende) (10/29/86)
Now that I have setfont working I would like to be able to do the
following.
Have a Interlaced Screen be defaulted to. I would like this
to use as little memory (I only have 512K) as possible. What
I want to do is to Have a 2 bit plane screen (if it can be
done in interlaced mode). This would suck up lots less memory
If anyone has a program that can do this ... *PLEASE* send it to
me or post it to the net.... Thanks...
Bob Mende
ps... I wonder what a 5X5 font will look like in Interlaced mode???daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (10/30/86)
> Keywords: Possible??? > > > Now that I have setfont working I would like to be able to do the > following. > > Have a Interlaced Screen be defaulted to. I would like this > to use as little memory (I only have 512K) as possible. What > I want to do is to Have a 2 bit plane screen (if it can be > done in interlaced mode). This would suck up lots less memory > > If anyone has a program that can do this ... *PLEASE* send it to > me or post it to the net.... Thanks... > > Bob Mende > ps... I wonder what a 5X5 font will look like in Interlaced mode??? The forthcoming 1.2 system supports an interlaced workbench screen through Preferences. Much like you describe, 2 bit planes, etc. It takes up twice the memory of the non-interlaced screen. The main effect of this is that everything looks vertically squashed as compared to the non-intelaced screen. So a 5x5 or 8x8 font isn't very good looking. The 1.2 system includes a taller topaz font, I think they call it 11. Its 8 pixels wide, 11 tall, and looks about as good as the IBM monochrome display when its hooked up to an IBM-style monochrome monitor. Unfortunately, Preferences doesn't support this font as an option, which is why I wrote my own version of SetFont. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Haynie {caip,ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveh "Laws to supress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all the legal professions of history have based their job security." -Bene Gesserit Coda These opinions are my own, though for a small fee they may be yours too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~