Using the monitor as a frame buffer without news.

[John Buchanan]

In the good old days ( <= 3000 series) one could use the sgi boxes as dumb
frame buffers.  With out getting into a discussion re. the merits of turning
a 'workstation' into a 'dumb' frame buffer, is it possible for some process
to draw on the screen while NeWS is not running?

Another way to ask this question would be.  Has any one any idea how pandora
gets access to the screen, and can it be done in full 24bit color.

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