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John Balestrieri
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

@Tinrocket

Ah!! Even better!

Are you sure it's Atkinson, though? The pattern looks very FS to me.

11 Jul 2023 at 14:25 | Open on fosstodon.org
John Balestrieri

@RL_Dane definitely Atkinson. Recognizable pattern; esp. in left cheek. They probably used the software that came with the Apple scanner, it used Atkinson dithering.

11 Jul 2023 at 14:29 | Open on mastodon.online
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

@Tinrocket

Ok cool.

I really wish Atkinson got more credit for his genius. He pushed the hardware at least five years ahead of its time.

11 Jul 2023 at 14:34 | Open on fosstodon.org
John Balestrieri

@RL_Dane Yeah; it's truly amazing what he accomplished!

11 Jul 2023 at 14:43 | Open on mastodon.online
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

@Tinrocket

I remember seeing 386es around 1993 with much slower graphics than what the Lisa had with such a hobbled 68k in 1983. :D

I'm not an Apple fan anymore, but I get pretty ticked when people say that they just ripped off the Xerox PARC. They took a pretty rough idea and made it work well enough on very limited hardware.
The Alto didn't have rounded rects or window regions (partial refresh)

11 Jul 2023 at 15:21 | Open on fosstodon.org
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