GROSS@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) (01/18/90)
> Oh come on! You're right to correct his statement that there are no graphics > capabilities, if it does indeed have some, but doing graphics by direct ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > screen writing is a given and the world knows it. You just CAN'T get ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > effective graphics done by calling biossetpixel!!! Not unless you don't ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > mind waiting... a.... very... long... time. Essentially, if it won't > effectively run standard graphics software, it might as well have NO > graphics capabilities for the non- programmer. I beg to differ...QuickDraw for the Mac does very well with graphics, and very speedily too. -- Jason Gross Comp Sci Ugrad University of Miami Class of '91 (?) =========================================================================== Hey, wanna save the world? | Got sumtin' to say? gross@umiami.bitnet Nuke a Godless, Communist, | Pick and choose! gross@umiami.miami.edu gay whale for Christ. | gross@miavax.ir.miami.edu - Anonymous | Last resort: broccoli%gungho@umiami.miami.edu =========================================================================== Lie: The University of Miami is a non-profit institution.
boutell@toffee.it.udel.edu (Tom Boutell) (01/19/90)
In article <4842@umiami.miami.edu> GROSS@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) writes: >> Oh come on! You're right to correct his statement that there are no graphics >> capabilities, if it does indeed have some, but doing graphics by direct > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> screen writing is a given and the world knows it. You just CAN'T get > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> effective graphics done by calling biossetpixel!!! Not unless you don't > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> mind waiting... a.... very... long... time. Essentially, if it won't >I beg to differ...QuickDraw for the Mac does very well with graphics, >and very speedily too. Quite right. I was speaking within the context of the IBM- compatible world. Extending the BIOS is possible, of course, but the point is that standard software doesn't know or care you have done so. On the Mac, the ROM routines are quite effective and have been at least moderately adhered to from the beginning, certainly. I think the intended context was fairly clear though. Among other things, Quickdraw offers more than just BIOSSETPIXEL! But since there is a Mac laptop now (in addition to several retrofits), I guess I should have been more spe- cific. Almost a moot point though, since the only Macs on the market- at least, the only Mac ROMs on the market- are still Apple's. "It is sometimes necessary to go a long way out of one's way to come back a short distance correctly." - Edward Albee "The average price of leechee nuts in Guatemala is the price of your soul!" - Theatresports Troupe, West End