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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Amiga doesn`t need Planar!
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 09:31:39 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4ekl1b$3r@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <john.hendrikx.4a6p@grafix.xs4all.nl>
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- john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx) writes:
-
- >So, what do you think is likely nowadays? Memory is slow these days.
-
- As I recall your average SVGA system has faster memory than your CPU.
-
- >That would have to be a pretty wide line,
-
- Why ?
-
- >and you'd better hope it doesn't
- >overlap a WORD or LONG boundary (or whatever width is used to access the
- >gfx-memory).
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- Why ? As you know there is already a funnel shifter.
-
- >The
- >only chance Planar has to be faster is when using display-depths Chunky does
- >not directly support (ie, 5-bit deep)
-
- You are still thinking about one CPU that does all.
-
- >usually of very limited value and only needed in small areas taking only a
- >small portion of the time spend manipulating graphics.
-
- I'd rather say the opposite.
-
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- Michael van Elst
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