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Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license (Announce)

posted by marcov, 22.12.2020, 22:49

> > How many of the alternatives were mode independent ?
>
> I don't want start fight about it, because it is different type of
> parameters - "speed" and "mode-independent" (like compare what better -
> "stone" or "keyboard"). For each use-case, answer could be different.

No fighting needed, just wanted to insert a different perspective.

Yes, mode X was easy to do fast with a bit asm, but that was fairly lowres.

There was no effective VESA 2.0 yet in BP times (we are talking 1994 here), so that was basically the state of it.

I was doing a Chemical Engineering masters in that time, and making pretty graphs in dos that were somewhat portable was a boon.

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• Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - rr, 19.12.2020, 14:58 (Announce)
  • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - DosWorld, 19.12.2020, 15:25
    • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - RayeR, 19.12.2020, 19:07
    • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - marcov, 21.12.2020, 14:40
      • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - DosWorld, 22.12.2020, 15:40
        • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - marcov, 22.12.2020, 22:49
  • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - Guti, 21.12.2020, 09:51
    • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - Guti, 23.12.2020, 16:48
      • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - Khusraw, 23.12.2020, 18:40
        • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - Guti, 24.12.2020, 08:46
          • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - Khusraw, 24.12.2020, 11:25
            • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - Guti, 24.12.2020, 12:28
              • Jordan Hargraphix SvgaBGI goes MIT license - Khusraw, 24.12.2020, 12:46