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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Chunky <-> Planar conversion hardware
- Date: 19 Apr 1996 18:48:42 +0200
- Organization: dis-
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- uj3w@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Martin Gierich) writes:
-
- >Except for some wiring you just need the 8 standard TTL chips which are
- >quite cheap. The only problem is: How can you get it into the Amiga,
- >especially the A1200 ?
-
- You also need some logic to provide the clocks.
-
- >And the parallel port is a bad choice, because it is intended for the
- >printer and it is quite slow.
-
- Better use one of the newer FPGA chips, the cost should be neglible
- compared to the cost of the PCB.
-
- >PS.: This hardware is not compatible to the one supported by
- > graphics.library, but is it more flexible (can do conversions in
- > both directions) and cheaper
-
- It is significantly slower because it only converts bytes and sits on
- a slow bus. It isn't more flexible either because the Akiko hardware
- can convert in either direction (in fact, there is no principle
- difference). And it isn't cheaper :)
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
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