Re: Second Life on an Apple II

[sicklittlemonkey <Nick.Westgate@gmail.com>]

On Apr 14, 5:19 am, "Joshua Bell" <inexorablet...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I've been discussing this "art project" over on the
> comp.sys.apple2.programmer group, but now that it's "done" (as much as
> anything ever is) I thought it'd be of wider interest.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAZHJa91JHk
>
> It's a client/server app for the Apple II and Windows that streams the
> Windows desktop down to the Apple. So far the communication is one way, so
> you can't even call it a graphical terminal. Yet.
>
> As a demo I use Second Life, the online virtual world.
>
> Thanks to all the folks who've helped out with suggestions and support!

Fantastic! Well done. And as said over in c.s.a2.p, it looks much
better than I imagined possible.

When Blurry was researching graphics conversion I recall finding an
algorithm developed by one of the original Mac developers that doesn't
use randomized dithering. It looks great on old digitized Mac pics
from the day. It's documented in one place on the web - the author
actually got the algorithm from the original programmer but hasn't
published it, which is a shame.

Anyway, suggested app name: vn2c, of course. ;-)

Cheers,
Nick.