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From:Alan Buxey
Date:23 Apr 2001 at 14:50:06
Subject:Re: Common misconception (was Re: Voyager Image Decoders)

hi,

> It doesn't use any. ixemul is *not* needed (it compiles just fine
> with libnix).

;-) thats a backway of not using ixemul

> The player needs GetTimeOfDay() but that's often supported in the C
> library or easily emulated via the timer.device.

its not too hard to emulate.

> WritePixelArray() is pretty fast (when patched :). Or use one of the
> hundreds of C2P algoritms floating around and blit it into the
> window. Not exactly hard stuff.

true...WPA() would be the way to go anyway.

> RGB). In fact the newer versions of the flash library don't support
> anything less than 16bit!

which means if an AGA version were viable it'd have to have 16bit-8bit
engine added. painfully slowing it down.

> I have been for the past 2 years. I have a feeling that the plugin
> stuff is incomplete in 2.2. 2.3 is supposed to have NetScape
> compatable API (but I've not seen 2.3...).

..well, that'd be nice, but 99% of Netscape plugins are solely in x86

alan - who suffers even with Netscape on PPC because of company mindsets

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