From: mark@ocsmd.ocs.com (Mark Wilson)
Subject: Re: Graphics in C
Organization: Online Computer Systems, Inc.
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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:03:38 GMT

Oh, my!  I didn't want to start a war, but here goes:

1. Dave and Bill: thanks for the references and ISBN's, but unfortunately
        from the descriptions given they don't seem to cover what
        I need (displaying PCX graphics from disk).  They look like
        great books on drawing graphics (fractals, curves, etc.), but not on
        bit-mapped graphics.  But (I hear you say) what about the book of that
        name?  Again unfortunately, that's the book I mentioned in
        my original post (by Rimmer) that doesn't work.  An acquaintance
        sent for the disk; his response: the executables on it work GREAT,
        but the source code either doesn't  compile at all, or compiles
        but doesn't work!  (sigh)  So, as far as the original post
        is concerned, I'm still looking.  I HAVE looked in MANY bookstores
        for source material, but so far the ONLY thing I've found was
        Rimmer's book, and I've tried (as I said in the original post)
        TWO editions of that book with no success... grr....

2. To all: I apologize for not knowing of the existence of comp.graphics...
        my company is not a full Internet site, so we don't even have
        access to many newsgroups mentioned on the net, but we DO
        seem to have access to this one, so I'll try it.  The reason
        I posted where I did: it was a C programming problem.

3. To Bill: thanks for the defense.  I don't believe Dave's "peeves"
        were justified.

4. To Dave: thanks again for the ISBN number, and the followup post,
        but I WAS offended by your "peeves", so to respond:
>Peeve #1: there are so many peesee dweebs that think the whole friggin'
>        net is their personal playground.
        My note made it clear I HAD tried to solve the problem myself;
        asking for advice/assistance does not (I should hope) make me
        a "peesee dweeb".  I think that was rude and uncalled-for.
>
>Peeve #2: People who post the same friggin' message multiple times to
>        different news groups instead of cross-posting once.
        I posted twice, once each in two groups.  I apologize if this
        qualifies on the Internet as "multiple" times rather than the
        apparently-OK "cross-posting once".  My math says they're
        equivalent, but what do I know...

As for Peeve #3, using "PC" to refer to IBM-clones, well... oh, never mind.
I've only been in this business professionally for 9 years, so maybe I'm
not up on the correct terminology.   And, granted, I've been in the IBM
world in the main until the last two years of crossing into the Unix arena,
so maybe I presume too much.

ANYWAY: I'll keep looking, and if anyone has any other good sources, maybe
you'd better call/email them to me.   I don't want to start this up again!
       

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