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- From: kenneth@norconnect.no (Kenneth C. Nilsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Amiga doesn`t need Planar!
- Date: 12 Feb 1996 12:12:46 GMT
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- >The chunky vs. planar wars are very interesting (from a programmer's point
- >of view), but I feel you guys are missing the point.
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- >1) Both have thier places, but planar provides memory efficiency. Try
- >2) Chunky is still very useful, especially for those apps that are going to
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- >I think planar is important because the Amiga *always* is doing multiple
- >tasks, and the memory is more important. No other machine can swap screens
- >like the Amiga, and with a chunky-only display, you limit the number of
- >screens that you can have open at once.
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- Another point: for us using the Amiga with professional video animations, we
- are depended on 25 fps full frames where bitplanes is still to be defeeted.
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