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1.1       root        1: .TH XAPA8CC 8 "29 September 1986" "X Version 10"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: Xapa8c - X window system XAPA8C implementation notes
                      4: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      5: .PP
                      6: The APA8C hardware is color and the usable size is 512 lines
                      7: by 720 pixels/line.
                      8: .PP
                      9: This server uses the foreground/background
                     10: color register to provide a two color implementation. The foreground and
                     11: background colors can be changed by setting the values FG_COLOR and BG_COLOR
                     12: in libibm/libsrc/apa8c.h. The default colors are:
                     13: 
                     14: .br
                     15:     FG_COLOR       WHITE
                     16: .br
                     17:     BG_COLOR       DARK_GREEN
                     18: .PP
                     19: The cursor support is currently limited to 16x16. This is a software
                     20: restriction not a hardware.
                     21: .PP
                     22: To use the async mouse (PC Mouse from Mouse Systems) define the following
                     23: environment variables:
                     24: 
                     25: .br
                     26:    MOUSETYPE = MSCMOUSE
                     27: .br
                     28:    MOUSENAME = device name of async port (ie. /dev/tty0)
                     29: 
                     30: .br
                     31: When MOUSENAME is not set the default value /dev/msapa8c is used and the
                     32: MOUSETYPE variable is ignored. Therefore, the mouse is assumed to
                     33: be the planar mouse.
                     34: .PP
                     35: At this time the mouse acceleration and threshold values can be set but are
                     36: ignored.
                     37: .PP
                     38: The following devices are required to start this server:
                     39: 
                     40: .br
                     41: crw-rw-rw-  1 root       0,  69 Oct  2 11:22 /dev/apa8c
                     42: .br
                     43: crw-rw-rw-  1 root      15,   5 Oct  2 11:22 /dev/msapa8c
                     44: .br
                     45: crw-rw-rw-  1 root      13,   0 Oct  2 11:22 /dev/bus
                     46: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     47: X(8c), X(1), xemul(4), tty_tb(4)
                     48: .br
                     49: mouse(4), keyboard(4)
                     50: .br
                     51: Xlib - C Language X Interface
                     52: .br
                     53: ddX - Device Dependent X Interface
                     54: .br
                     55: emulator - Emulators in Workstation Uinx
                     56: .SH AUTHOR
                     57: Scott Bates
                     58: .br
                     59:  
                     60: Copyright (c) 1986 Brown University
                     61: .br
                     62: 
                     63: Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its
                     64: documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
                     65: that the above copyright notice appear in all copies, and that both
                     66: that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
                     67: documentation, and that the name of Brown University not be used in
                     68: advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
                     69: without specific, written prior permission. Brown University makes no
                     70: representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.
                     71: It is provided "as-is" without express or implied warranty.

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