Re: Second Sight board

[daver@drift.winternet.com (Dave Roberts)]

Dan Brown (vmbb!pro-newton!pro-dan!danb) wrote:
:         Does the shadowing slow down screen displays?  Is it compatible with
: such infamous software as the FTA demos?

	I'm prettysure that'll work with all the FTA demos. I wonder about
3200 mode though, does the SS generate scan line interrupts and other things?

:         The high-resolution text modes sound mondo cool.  Do they support
: attributes other than inverse (bold, underline, etc)?  This could provide the
: foundation for a great VT100 emulator.

	Yeah, a GNO console in 132x52 would kick major ass =)

:         A while ago, the suggestion of an X port under GNO/ME was made, and
: dismissed due (in part) to lack of desktop real estate.  Could that be
: considered again?

	Dunno about a _real_ X11R6 port, but a new windowing system is under
consideration by a number of parties =)

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