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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Serial Cable
- Date: 6 Jan 1996 17:16:36 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4cm794$2jt@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <john.hendrikx.43wk@grafix.xs4all.nl>
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- john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx) writes:
-
- >I don't see what blitter-nasty mode has got to do with this, I would have
- >thought that thanks to the increased bandwidth of ChipRAM in the AGA machines
- >the blitter wouldn't be able to block the CPU even with blitter-nasty on.
- >Unless maybe if you're running in HiRes 256 colors or worse.
-
- I'm not sure wether blitter-nasty has no effects at all. If the
- old logic applies it will still eat more bus cycles than without.
-
- But you are right, the effect with ECS is much larger.
-
- Regards,
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- Michael van Elst
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