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- From: Martyn Weber <martyn@blacksun.u-net.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: a1200 graphics card.
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 22:16:07 -0800
- Organization: Blacksun
- Message-ID: <3150F427.1369@blacksun.u-net.com>
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- Juergen Rally Fischer wrote:
- >
- > Bacon Runner (watt@parka.winternet.com) wrote:
- > : mharrell@sojourn1.sojourn.com (Matt Harrell) writes:
- >
- > : >Aldo Hoeben (io342042@student.io.tudelft.nl) wrote:
- >
- > : >: Or, alternatively, something that would plug into the PCMCIA-socket. Is
- > : >: this possible?
- >
- > : >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.
- >
- > 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...
-
- There are a number of GFX cards that are PCMCIA based available for the
- PCs, dont know too many details at the moment or if it would be possible
- to develop drivers for an Amiga.
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- Martyn Weber : Warrington, England
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- martyn@blacksun.u-net.com
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