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- From: point@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at (Juergen Schober)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A2410 Graphics Boards
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- Date: 16 Mar 1996 09:42:59 GMT
- Organization: Graz University of Technology, Austria
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- Michael van Elst (mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de) wrote:
- : manou.billa@ci.educ.lu (Manou BILLA) writes:
- :
- : >It's about Retina II speed. But the A2410 does have a TRUE GFX CPU with its own
- : >programming language! If you do know a superfast algorithm to draw lines,
- : >circles etc. just program the CPU and you're gone! That's not possible with all
- : >the other GFX boards available! OK these boards do have blitters and routines
- : >programed in ROMs but if they would have programmable CPUs they would be
- : >uptodate with the latest programming technics.
- :
- : Well, this would be an advantage if the A2410's CPU were "latest technology" as well.
- : But it predates Amiga chips and is about as fast as these.
- :
- Well, yes. The 34010 CPU is a bit outdatedtoday, it couldn't compare
- against (e.g) a S3 (64 what ever).
- But comparision between the AGA/ECS and the 34010 is legal, except that
- the 2410 / tms34010 does 8 bits/pixel while the native Amiga does less
- (to get the same speed).
- I have a 34020 board here, and if I have time I'll try to write a new
- 340x0 code (both 34010 &020) and take a look if a 34020 gives me a speed
- increase...
-
- : --
- : Michael van Elst
- :
- --
- juergen schober * maker of the EGS A2410 Driver *
- a-graz, austria
- e-mail: juergen@point.adsp.sub.org - forget it !
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-
- running WB on EGSA2410 V2 at 1024x860x256 at 70 Hz !
-