Re: Second Sight and TurboRez

[gtolar@blkbox.com (Glynne Tolar)]

Steve Cavanaugh (cav@strauss.udel.edu) wrote:
 >About patching QuickDraw, a somewhat knowledgable source had
 >this to say.
 >"Patching Finder is only part of what you'd have to do-all
 >programs
 >assume scree n size and resolution because there are only two
 >choices. There isn't even a way to ask QD II what the screen
 >size is, so patching it won't help. Too little, too late in
 >this case, I think." (Matt D. 10/27/94)
                                ^^^^^^^^
Steve, first try to remember to place a CR after 80 characters or less, 
please.  Also that is an interesting date for that quote.  Wasn't he in 
jail before that date?

 >Now, if Bill H. has got a rewrite of QD II from the Avatar
 >project (He did say that they had gotten the toolbox ready in
 >his II Alive interview) then perhaps there is a way to do
 >this. I am hoping that Matt is wrong about the possibilities
 >here, because I know that a lot of us are hoping for the
 >increased resolution and new possibilities for the GS that
 >TurboRez/ Second Sight represent.

Rewriting QDII would take some much development resources that I doubt 
the GS market could support.  Not to be a downer, just realistic.  I 
seriously doubt it will ever happen with either card.