🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi everybody,

I have the following question: My application currently runs under
OS/2 1.3 and OS/2 2.0 using a dual monitor configuration were the
first monitor runs the OS/2 PM using a standard VGA card and the 
second monitor is connected to high resolution Matrox card.

The application requires that a series of images (about 400x300 with 
32 colors) can be displayed in an animation like speed of, say
less than 0.8 seconds between the image updates. The image update
should not cause any noticeable flicker on the screen. (Apart
from the image data changes of course)

This is currently achived by preloading multiple images into the
VRAM of the Matrox card and by switching the video start addresses.

Now for my question: Is there any chance that I could port my program
to the PM and I can still achive the same (or a similar) image update speed ?

I thought of some nifty trick with double buffering and color pallette 
manipulation as I only need 32 colors per image. Could that be feasible ?

I'd appreciate any comments on that per e-mail. (Of course if there's enough
demand I could post a summary of what I get)

Thanks in advance and regards from Austria.

Tom Leitner, Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria
             Internet: tom@piassun1.joanneum.ac.at
             Fido    : 2:316/7.91

BTW: The graphics card needs to have a resolution of at least 1280x1024
with 256 colors under the OS/2 WPS. I presume that something like that
is available now, isn't it ?