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- From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Problem with No New Copper in A4000
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.151355.29326@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 15:13:55 GMT
- References: <1992Sep15.023838.16397@news.iastate.edu>
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- barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) writes:
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-
- > There is one thing about the AGA chipset that I've forgotten to mention.
- >This is the drawbacks to the lack of improvements to the copper. In the
- >ECS, the copper requires 2 scanlines to update the palette registers between
- >pull-down screens. The AGA Lisa chip now has many more palette registers,
- >but the copper has not been updates accordingly. The result is bigger
- >blank space between pull-down screens on the AGA chipset. A total of 11
- >scanlines of space, in fact. Thus, you can write off enhanced equivelents
- >to the Dynamic HiRes or SHAM modes for the AGA chipset.
-
- Oh darn it! You mean there's no way an Amiga 4000 can display
- 800x600 with 16.2 million colors on screen at once that sucks up all the
- CPU cycles? Man, how can C= be so foolish. That's it, I am buying a
- 286 box to run Mac software. Like Marc said, C= is hopeless. <grin> ;)
-
- >---
- >| Marc Barrett -MB- | email: barrett@iastate.edu
- >--------------------------------------------------
-
- Marc, seriously, what exactly do you want C= to do? what is your dream
- computer... just tell us.
-
- Yours Sincerely,
- Kelvin
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- I want THE AGA chipset!!! :(
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