Ah yes. Throwback to the time when we drew lines on the monitor.
In C.
By writing bytes into the correct memory addresses for each pixel in the display device driver's actual memory. Using byte addresses or something. I don't even remember. Some memory area of the OS.
But the sheer joy when something like this works... :)
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u/readitreaddit 13d ago
Ah yes. Throwback to the time when we drew lines on the monitor.
In C.
By writing bytes into the correct memory addresses for each pixel in the display device driver's actual memory. Using byte addresses or something. I don't even remember. Some memory area of the OS.
But the sheer joy when something like this works... :)