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- From: fischerj@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Juergen "Rally" Fischer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: a1200 graphics card.
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 04:37:19 GMT
- Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
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- Bacon Runner (watt@parka.winternet.com) wrote:
- : mharrell@sojourn1.sojourn.com (Matt Harrell) writes:
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- : >Aldo Hoeben (io342042@student.io.tudelft.nl) wrote:
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- : >: Or, alternatively, something that would plug into the PCMCIA-socket. Is
- : >: this possible?
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- : >This seems rather unlikely to me since PCMCIA is only a 16-bit bus.
- : >Todays graphics cards are at least 32-bit, and usually 64- or even
- : >128-bit. It's seems like it would be pretty limited in it's
- : >usefullness.
-
- no.
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- a) transfer would not brake down on higher res modi like on AGA
- b) on fast cpus 16bit transfer could be faster than AGA 32bit
- c) scrolling and other operations done by on-board blitter.
- d) texture mapping engines render bytewise.
-
- PCMCIA gfx-card could be used on laptops, too. would be
- a market argument. but I guess that'd cause problems to
- DOS & WIN, gfx-card not at known port...
-
- : Andy Wattenhofer
- : watt@winternet.com
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- fischerj@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Juergen "Rally" Fischer) =:)
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