erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) (06/23/88)
[I posted this over on unix-pc.general, comp.sys.att, and comp.unix.questions, but recieved no replies. Maybe this group can help.] I've got the Virtual Device Interface package for the AT&T UNIX-PC 3b1 running rel 3.0 UNIX. What I'm wondering, is, does anybody else use this? I'm about to start fiddling with graphics stuff on the 3b1. I'd like to be able to ship anything I write to other people. I know curses is the supposed standard of unix, but I don't have a full implementation, and the stuff I'm writing will be "real" bit-map graphics. The package I have (claims to) support: (among other things) AT&T 470, 455, UNIX-PC; CIT101, 161; Diablo C150; Epson MX100, 80; HP 7470-A, 7475-A; Okidata 92/93; Strobe 100,200,260; Tektronix 4105; and VT100 with "Retro-Graphics Card (tm)". So what's the verdict? If I write using VDI, will only UNIX-PC users ever be able to use it, or do other UNIXes support this? It also talks about making things "METAFONT" compatible.. What's that? (I seem to remember seeing a Metafont book near a TeX book in the bookstore. Any relation?) thx in advance. -- Skate UNIX or go home, boogie boy... "But why should i type "rm -r $HOME" if I want to play trek???" J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007 ..!bellcore!tness1!/