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- From: paulk@terapin.com (Paul Kienitz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: New hardware reference guide?
- Message-ID: <paulk.2t1q@terapin.com>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 02:10:49 GMT
- References: <37845@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Organization: BBS
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- > Minor note: the blitter in AGA is the same speed, though in the
- > same modes as before it may be faster than before due to less
- > contention for access (i.e. it's effectively much faster in 16-
- > color hires, or 4-color 31Khz productivity).
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- Say what? Are you saying that the video fetch takes advantage of the
- 14-25 MHz 32 bit fetch bandwidth, but the blitter does not?? That a
- 25 MHz AGA chip does NOT blit faster than a 14 MHz one?
-
- That doesn't make any sense!
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