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Article #12035Melt
From: Michael J Kobb
Date: Thu, 03 May 1990 23:32
Date: Thu, 03 May 1990 23:32
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Recently, David Elliott wrote: :This DA, as well as many screen-manipulation programs, doesn't work :with large screens or color. :If this is the Melt I once tried, it puts up a faked screen and melts :that. The SunView, Apollo, and X melt programs I've seen actually :take a snapshot of the current screen and manipulate that. Really :great with a network: Gee, it's sure getting hot in here... (hit :carriage return key) Whew! Just to clarify things, the Melt DA works just dandy with color, although it's slower with 24-bit color than with 1 (unsurprisingly). It does actually melt your current screen (i.e. it takes a snapshot). Much more interesting than just putting up a fake, I'd think! --Mike
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!media-lab!mjkobb From: mjkobb@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Melt Summary: It works fine with color!!!! Message-ID: <2331@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: 3 May 90 23:32:01 GMT Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA Lines: 17