Support of 1 bit visuals from SGI's X server.

[Administration Training Course]

In article <15113 at smoke.brl.mil> moss at brl.mil writes:
>I realize that part of the problem is that sam uses a low-level interface
>to the Xlib routines in order to emulate the DMD graphics routines.  For
>instance, the bitblt routine uses XCopyArea(), but this is lightning fast
>on monochrome *and* color Suns.  Given that the SGI GL and supporting
>hardware was not designed with bitblt-style operations in mind, has the X
>server been optimized to do the best it can on the 4D platforms?
>
>Does anyone at SGI know if any plans exist for resolving this performance
>issue in IRIX 4.0?
Absolutely.  We are bring up X native(No NeWS) in Irix 4.0.  Performance
will improve a great deal.

thanks,
jim t (jym at esd.sgi.com)