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- From: tfinn@crash.cts.com (Aaron Grier)
- Subject: Re: Music and Code from Demos
- Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
- Date: 06 Nov 92 16:19:07 PST
- Message-ID: <1992Nov06.161907.20975@crash>
- References: <MKNIP.92Nov5110420@silver-surfer.hut.fi> <1992Nov05.155826.9766@crash> <MKNIP.92Nov6113247@blob.hut.fi>
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- In article <MKNIP.92Nov6113247@blob.hut.fi> mknip@niksula.hut.fi (Mats Anders Knip) writes:
- >Yes, I agree with you. A comp.sys.demo.coders newsgroup would be nice.
- >Are there others who would like a newsgroup for demo-programming?
- >As for the plasma-routine, I don't think it would be very easy to do
- >on a PC since it's made mainly using the Amigas' COPPER. But as I don't
- >know very much about Intel-assembler or GFX-cards I really can't say.
-
- hmm... what exactly is copper? I'm aware that blitter is kind
- of a background memory -> video data mover of some sort, but that's about
- all I know.
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- Well plasma on the IBM is currently done via palette cycling...
- pretty fast and relatively easy to do (you've just got to do your code
- right!)
-
- Would someone kindly define what exactly copper and blitter plus
- any other amy specifics are?
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- agrier@gompers.gompers.edu (real internet addy)
- tfinn@crash.cts.com (UUCP address)
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