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QuickDraw GX Q&As

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This Technical Note contains a collection of archived Q&As relating to a specific topic - questions sent the Developer Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. Current Q&As can be found on the Macintosh Technical Q&As web site.

[Oct 01 1990]






QuickDraw GX doesn't replace QuickDraw

Date Written: 12/11/92

Last reviewed: 7/2/93

Will QuickDraw and QuickDraw GX coexist, or will QuickDraw GX replace QuickDraw?

QuickDraw isn't leaving with the introduction of QuickDraw GX. It's here to stay. Among other reasons, QuickDraw functions are used extensively by the Macintosh Toolbox and applications. For more information, see the article "Getting Started With QuickDraw GX" in issue 15 of develop.

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QuickDraw GX and QuickDraw accelerated display cards

Date Written: 6/16/92

Last reviewed: 7/2/93

Will display cards that offer QuickDraw acceleration be affected by QuickDraw GX?

Current QuickDraw acceleration cards aren't affected by QuickDraw GX. QuickDraw GX doesn't use any of the current QuickDraw calls and its presence won't affect applications that use only QuickDraw. QuickDraw acceleration cards also won't accelerate QuickDraw GX.

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