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Transparency Not Working on Some Machines

Q: Why doesn't transparency work on my PowerPC 8100, 7200, or 6100?

A: The transparency attribute will only work if you have acceleration hardware installed. All current QuickDraw 3D Acceleration cards are PCI-based. The computers listed don't have PCI slots (i.e., they can't have the QuickDraw 3D acceleration hardware), therefore transparency in QuickDraw 3D is not supported.

[Apr 08 1996]

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