From: leathm AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au (Leath Muller)
Message-Id: <199705150428.OAA27950@solwarra.gbrmpa.gov.au>
Subject: Re: OpenDOS graphics drivers
To: dfremlin AT facstaff DOT wisc DOT edu (John Fremlin)
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 14:28:58 +1000 (EST)
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <i5kez8ew4ekV092yn@facstaff.wisc.edu> from "John Fremlin" at May 14, 97 11:05:18 pm
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> While having an OpenDOS graphics API is a great idea, maybe
> some standard for graphics APIs could be worked out with
> Microsoft (or Sun, or the Linux people, etc.) so that OpenDOS
> could use a "Standard". (Who's going to make software that
> only runs on OpenDOS ;-)

Just use X; isn't it free? :)
 
> There is a X-Windows standard (which I have never used and know
> nothing about), could that be used by OpenDOS?

Yes and it would be an excellent choice because once the X standard
is implemented, you could port OpenGL across as well...

> I'm sure that there are several graphics standards floating around
> for non-PC computers; maybe one of these could be ported/adapted
> for OpenDOS.

Go X - has my vote.

> (Remember, keep the graphics stuff out of the kernel distribution
> zip. New versions of most programs take more disk space than their
> previous version. OpenDOS must not be like that.)

Maybe a note should be taken out of the Linux book... ;)

Leathal.