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From: mark@valent.demon.co.uk (Mark Valentine)
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Subject: Re: DOOM for X
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References: <760732951snz@valent.demon.co.uk> <JKH.94Feb8224637@whisker.hubbard.ie>
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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 00:23:30 +0000
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In article <JKH.94Feb8224637@whisker.hubbard.ie>
jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes:
> In article <760732951snz@valent.demon.co.uk> mark@valent.demon.co.uk (Mark
> Valentine) writes:
> Apparently id's Dave Taylor (working in his spare time) has it running
> under XFree86 2.0 (using the shared memory extensions). It's very
> smooth on his 486 at 320x200, and he's working on the sound support.
>
> Knowing what DOOM does to achieve shading and motion effects on a standard
> VGA card, I have a REALLY HARD TIME believing that this could work under
> X! This seems like serious rumor material to me!
Unless it was a forgery, you'd better believe it! I don't have the original
posting of Dave's handy, but he should know what he's talking about. Ask
ddt@idsoftware.com if you need verification. I can't quite remember what
he said it was as smooth as, but "smooth" was the word...
Mark.