[TUHS] Blit source

arnold at skeeve.com arnold at skeeve.com
Thu Dec 19 18:03:24 AEST 2019


Rob Pike <robpike at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Gnot had a 68040 (which had an MMU that paged properly) and an INCON
> interface, which was a kind of Datakit for the home. Twisted pair. Half a
> megabit if I remember right, but I probably don't.
>
> Two bits per pixel. The "render extension" in X Windows originated there,
> after an epiphany I had while watching Hoop Dreams. True story.

I'd like to hear this story in full, please.

Thanks!

Arnold


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