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- From: olsen@sourcery.mxm.sub.org (Olaf Barthel)
- Message-ID: <olsen.5493@sourcery.mxm.sub.org>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Weird problem with Term 2.4 and CPUblit
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- References: <olsen.5173@sourcery.mxm.sub.org> <jgn1pbq@rpi.edu>
- X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
- Date: 14 Nov 92 22:12:36 CET
- Organization: MXM Barthel & Paesler
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- In article <jgn1pbq@rpi.edu> pooler@vccsouth29.its.rpi.edu (Robert Peter Poole) writes:
- > > CPUBlit is not a miracle cure. It is capable of moving data around simultaneously
- > >in two bitplanes while the operating system would run the blitter on each single
- > >bitplane. With a 16 colour screen CPUBlit would require two runs, whereas the
- > >operating systemroutines would require four runs.
- >
- > Ummm... this does NOT explain why CPUBlit prevents rainbow trailers the first
- > time I run Term, then quit it, and does not prevent them when I run Term again.
- > This is probably NOT a problem with CPUBlit. Yes, I agree that CPUBlit is not
- > a cure-all. However, it worked fine before. Why is it suddenly working
- > sometimes with Term and not others? This sounds rather suspicious to me.
- > I've sent you email more explicitly describing what's going on. Maybe you can
- > make use of it.
-
- You hinted that you were running CPUBlit with Kickstart 3.0. It may be possible
- that it suffers from unexpected side-effects not present in Kickstart 2.0. Eddy
- Carrol or the graphics software engineers at CBM may be able to tell you more.
-
- > > If you don't like the rainbow trailers, turn on the `faster layout' switch.
- >
- > As you yourself said to me in private email, "faster layout" only works under
- > Amigados 3.0... and incidentally, I tried it on an Amiga 3000 running a beta of
- > 3.0, and "faster layout" does work -- the scrolling is slightly faster, there
- > are no rainbow trailers, BUT the dripens get screwed up, so the embossed 3-D
- > look of the beveled boxes and gadgets disappears. Weird.
-
- No, thanks to Leo Schwab the interleaved bitmap feature also works with
- Kickstart 2.0.
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