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> Why can't the same apply to graphics cards? Why must all
> programs today be able to run on the obsolete AGA chip set?
They don't have to "run". Any application that is free of
graphics related "bugs" will run on the AGA chipset. The use
of the standard graphics.library ensures that. If the display
cocks up on anything but an advanced graphics card, then the
display is obviously doing something wrong which the graphics
software is masking over.
There is nothing TO supporting AGA - it supports itself - as
long as programmers follow the guidelines, make no assumptions
and take no risks. For a text editing gadget, you DO NOT NEED
a graphics card.
After all, all graphics chipsets are in fact just graphics
chipsets. So AGA is not as feature rich as your CyberVisions,
SO WHAT? Since when has a text editing gadget (the original
point of this thread) needed a high colour screen?
Since when has it been impossible to dither an image or
colour reduce it? They aren't particularly intensive
operations.
Sure, I will get a graphics card as and when I afford them.
I can remember a time, maybe you can (or are you too young?)
when graphics cards were expected to cost around �250. NOW
is not that time. If I can buy an S3 ViRGE DX chipset PCI
card for �8.50, how come the inferior Cybervison3D costs
�150?
The trick here is that Olli doesn't have to "support" AGA,
he just doesn't exclusively use graphics card only features,
and fixes the damn bug asap.
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Matt Sealey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Distributed Systems Support
Computer Centre
University of Leicester
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