pkr@media01.UUCP (Peter Kriens) (07/10/90)
I have heard about a TIGA standard that is supposed to work on almost all TI cards. Does anybody has this standard in writing? Could I obtain a copy? pkr
zap@lysator.liu.se (Zap Andersson) (06/05/91)
Hello, fellow netters! I work for a company called 'emt', creating different utilities and programs to the well-known CAD program AutoCAD for PC's, Sparc, Mac and other machinery supporting ye olde ACAD. What I now want to do, is to draw some graphics on the display the user has for his AutoCAD, wich is often a large (1600x1280x256 color) display. My requirements: * 256 color support * Program the palette * Set and Read a pixel * Draw a line * Print text Thats ALL I need to do on the display. I have tried to use Autodesk ADI interface for AutoShade, but have failed heavily, since most display driver builders have faithfully ignored the ADI 4.0 - 4.1 specification, creating special hacks and don't support certain packets arriving in arbitrary order (but only the order that AutoShade is supposed to send them), so when my program tries to 'fool' the driver, pretending to be AutoSHade, it works sometimes, on some screens, but not always.... Now, ALMOST ALL OF THESE SCREENS ALSO HAS A 'TIGA' Driver! What I would like to know is: * How do I program/use a TIGA driver * Do I need a library to do it? * SOmbody HAS one? (small please ;-) mem'ry's tight :-) * Sombody knows ANYTHING As I said, all I need to do is initialize the display, program palette, draw lines and set pixels and do simple text. But if there is a routine for round-edged drop-shadowed rectangles I'm listening! THANKS for any help. Email responses are welcome, but I read this newsgroup fairly regularly so a post will probably not go unnoticed.... /Z -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (This rent for space) * My signature is smaller than * Be warned! The letter 'Z' is Copyright 1991 * yours! - zap@lysator.liu.se * by Zap Inc. So are the colors Red, Green and * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Greenish-yellow (Blue was taken by IBM) -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (This rent for space) * My signature is smaller than * Be warned! The letter 'Z' is Copyright 1991 * yours! - zap@lysator.liu.se * by Zap Inc. So are the colors Red, Green and * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Greenish-yellow (Blue was taken by IBM)