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- From: nma95nbr@lustudat.student.lu.se (Niklas Brunlid)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: MMU and increased graphics speed!
- Date: 23 Feb 1996 22:29:15 GMT
- Organization: Lund University
- Message-ID: <1236.6627T1399T2833@lustudat.student.lu.se>
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- In article "Re: MMU and increased graphics speed!" Mathew Hendry said:
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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?
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- >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.
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- >-- Mat.
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- And you couldn't wedge in the routines between the WB and the graphics
- routines? There are several patches that affect the look of the WB, take
- Workbench95 for example.
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