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- From: roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Thomas Roell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Diamond SpeedStar 24X REVIEW
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.092203.17692@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 09:22:03 GMT
- References: <9208311800.AA09941@emunix.emich.edu> <1992Sep1.162651.12194@infonode.ingr.com>
- Sender: news@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (USENET Newssystem)
- Organization: Inst. fuer Informatik, Technische Univ. Muenchen, Germany
- Lines: 19
- In-Reply-To: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com's message of Tue, 1 Sep 1992 16:26:51 GMT
-
- >I don't think all acceleration is lost in the 15bit and 24bit modes. The
- >hardware cusor is not supported at more than 256 colors, but I think
- >bitblit and fills and the other hardware functions are still working
- >(this is from scrolling around a 24bit image). Remember, in the 15
- >and 24bit modes, it has 2-3 times as many bytes to move around as it
- >does in the 8bit mode.
-
- Well if you simply treat the 16bit pixel as 2 8bit pixels you can use
- all of the blitters features (to a certain degree). Also the cursor
- should work (with a few crude tricks) at up to 32x32 pixels.
-
- - Thomas
-
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