Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 5 Jun 1996 17:37:36 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Jon M. Taylor" <> | Subject | Re: SVGA kernel chipset drivers. |
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On 6 Jun 1996, Niels =?UNKNOWN-8BIT?Q?M=F6ller?= wrote:
> Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net> writes: > > > Before GGI can go in you will have to address support for at least X and > > enough SVGAlib support to run doom, otherwise people won't use it. That > > shouldnt be a big problem, and if they screw up well its their problem not > > yours ;) > > Perhaps you can get some design ideas from frambuffer devices that are > part of the m68k port. As far as I understand, it works quite well > for both Amigas and Ataris. You can even use the same X-server on both > types of machines...
The 68k people have expressed interest in having the GGI run on their systems. I personally haven't looked at their code (man, I really wish I still had an Amiga!), but we will take good ideas anywhere we can find them.
Jon Taylor = <taylorj@gaia.ecs.csus.edu> | <http://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/~taylorj> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks." - Lazarus Long
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