don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) (12/01/90)
There's been talk for quite some time now about device-independent graphics libraries to allow the Amiga to once again become competitive in the relatively high-end graphics markets. Apparently this is being worked on, and will be nice to see when it gets here. Recent Amiga VS NeXT discussions have brought up sound & DSP boards, and mentioned that the DSP boards currently available for the Amiga have almost 0 software support. To remedy this, what I'd like to see is a device independent _sound_ library, so future products would be easily used by all sound software. I don't know much about sound or DI libraries, but I imagine one for sound wouldn't be too much more difficult than one for graphics. (I may be way off there, and if I am I'm sure I'll hear all about it :-). With the rising importance of multimedia and the Amiga's prominent place in that market, such a library would be very useful. It would also make provisions for future Amigas to encorporate something other than Paula. Commodore would be, to the best of my knowledge, the first o implement such a library, which would add tremendously to their credibility in the "mainstream" industry. -- Gibberish Amiga 3000 owner/fanatic is spoken Contact don@brahms.udel.edu for more information. here. DISCLAIMER: It's all YOUR fault.