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- From: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: AGA Byte Mode?
- Message-ID: <38364@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 21:22:24 GMT
- References: <1993Jan6.133951.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
- Reply-To: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <1993Jan6.133951.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> cjdn@cc.curtin.edu.au writes:
- >Does the current revision of AGA chip set have a byte mode display format.
- >Sorry if this an old question. Months ago, before AGA machines were generally
- >available, several post specs. indicated that AGA could operate in either bit
- >planed or byte mode. I am currently experimenting with some graphics
- >operation that would simplified if a byte mode was available. I sure writers
- >of PC emulates would love a byte mode to support VGA emulation simply.
- >
- No, the AGA chipset has no chunky "byte" mode. All modes are
- planar only. Would sure be nice, though.
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