Re: Anti-alias on single RM board

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Michael Jones (mtj++at++babar)
Wed, 5 Apr 1995 08:19:18 -0700

On Apr 5, 2:47pm, ROY RUDDLE wrote:
> Subject: Anti-alias on single RM board
:For a Crimson RE with single RM4 board.
:
:I know I cannot AA on 1280x1024 and I know how to AA on (say) VGA - just
:reboot and switch Performer AA on (the pixel depth defaults to medium in
:this format.
:
:Can anyone tell me the following/mail me example code:
:
:I want to run in 1280x1024, with a single Performer VGA graphics window. I
:would like that window anti-aliased. How do I reconfigure the pixel depth
:so I can do this?

This is not possible. The entire frame buffer must have the same pixel
depth. Your choices are to have full-screen low-resolution as you mention,
live without anti-aliasing, or to buy an extra Raster Manager.

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