From: Jon M. Taylor <taylorj@ecs.csus.edu>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:54:52 -0700 (PDT)

Re: Glide-2d target updates

On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Marcus Sundberg wrote:

> Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> > Also, the GGI_AUTO support could use some work.
> 
> Can you program your own modes with glide, or does it have a
> limited number of modes you can use?

	Limited modes.  You can select three resolutions (512x384, 640x480
and 800x600) and four bit depths (15, 16, 24 and 32bpp).  

> In the latter case you should use display/common/modelist*
> It too could use some work, but at least we'll only have to do
> it once.

	I see the SVGALib target does this.  I'll give it a shot. 
 
> Speaking of glide and 3dfx, does anyone know if there's any large
> difference between different 3dfx boards?

	Just the glue logic and RAM chips, IIRC. 

> I just found a pretty cheap 12MB Voodoo II board, but I don't know
> if I'd want to by a card manufatured by "Helix Intercative", which
> I've never heard of before... Has anyone heard of those?

	Not me.

Jon

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