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MACWORLD EXCLUSIVE: Mac-gaming enters new era By Jonny Evans UK technology firm Coderus has announced its innovative games-development solution, MacDX. MacDX could usher-in a new wave of Mac software-development it brings DirectX support to the Mac. Ninety per cent of PC and Xbox games titles use the technology. DirectX is a suite of multimedia APIs (Application Program Interfaces) built-into Windows operating systems. It has become a standard development tool for Windows-based software PCs and Xbox, for example. The technology offers developers access to specialized hardware features without the need to write hardware-specific code. It drives graphics and sound for software and hardware solutions such as joysticks. Effectively, DirectX is the equivalent of Applešs OpenGL and Sprocket technology. More here: http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=4522 -- *9/11/2001* We will never forget - http://www.windowscene.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- For subscribing, unsubscribing or changing to a digest or individual version, visit <http://www.MacEvangeList.com/groups/> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send all submissions to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
