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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!gatech!prism!gt8134b From: gt8134b@prism.gatech.EDU (Robert Sanders) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps Subject: Re: DOOM for X Message-ID: <137351@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 9 Feb 94 02:46:27 GMT References: <760732951snz@valent.demon.co.uk> <JKH.94Feb8224637@whisker.hubbard.ie> Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU Lines: 21 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! Well, he posted on a Linux group asking for help with the VoxWare sound driver. Needless to say, I mailed him within the minute :-) I got a reply from him, so I'd say Linux is about to get its killer app. -- _g, '96 --->>>>>>>>>> gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu <<<<<<<<<--- CompSci ,g_ W@@@W__ |-\ ^ | disclaimer: <---> "Bow before ZOD!" __W@@@W W@@@@**~~~' ro|-<ert s/_\ nders | who am I??? ^ from Superman '~~~**@@@@W `*MV' hi,ocie! |-/ad! / \ss!! | ooga ooga!! | II (cool)! `VW*'