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- From: fischerj@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Juergen "Rally" Fischer)
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- Subject: Re: Possible loss of the Copper (was Re: AB3D II beats Quake....)
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- Date: 21 Apr 1996 16:07:30 GMT
- Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
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- bmeyer@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au wrote:
- : fischerj@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Juergen Fischer) writes:
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- : >Bernd Meyer (bmeyer@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au) wrote:
- : >: Juergen "Rally" Fischer (fischerj@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE) wrote:
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- : >: : I bet below 50hz! (or is it linux on Amiga ? :)
- : >: Juergen, have you ever even SEEN a linux PC running X?
-
- : >The X3.something you refer to must do some real hard hacks on
- : >PC if it should work 70Hz (but then serial mice are reported
- : >to be too slow for that!)
-
- : XFree86 version 3.1.2d is the most current. And the "real hard hacks"
- : are simply changing the start address for video memory. And see somebody
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- I don't think they did that "vblank emulation from vbl-bit synced timer"
- trick ("hard hack") done only in dosgames/demos.
-
- : else's post for the serial mouse limitations.
- speed up ser port ? I wonder if the mice limit the baud rate.
- you tuned your mouse ? :)
-
- : >For the case it really does, tell me, my friend surely will
- : >be interested. But I doubt it's reality.
-
- : Told you. Many times before.
-
- well, fact is fact, I don't doubt those vgs can do it.
- But it needs a task beeing active 70 times/second,
- so I'd be very interested _how_ it can work without vblank interrupt.
-
- : Bernie
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- fischerj@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Juergen "Rally" Fischer) =:)
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