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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: MMU and increased graphics speed!
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 96 18:10:37
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- Niklas Brunlid (nma95nbr@lustudat.student.lu.se) wrote:
- : Would it be possible to write a patch with utilises the MMU to increase the
- : (WB) graphics speed on non-GFXcard-machines?
-
- I assume you mean, by using the MMU to "move" Chip RAM into Fast RAM.
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- No, that would not be possible. The graphics chips access Chip RAM directly,
- without interference from the CPU. The MMU is useless in such circumstances.
-
- -- Mat.
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