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- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
- Subject: Re: Is it reasonable to use A1200 as graphics....
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.014100.1025@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- References: <Bx8qu1.IK3@kingston.ac.uk> <1dji3aINNd15@uni-paderborn.de> <2104@celia.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:41:00 GMT
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- neil@celia.UUCP (Neil Richmond) writes:
-
- >Is it reasonable to use the A1200 as an AGA graphics " chipset " for the
- >A3000 using PARNET, ie running at AGA program on the A3000 and seeing the
- >graphics on the A1200? My experience with ethernets say that this is not
- >as fast as the bus access in an A4000. Someone had suggested this combination.
-
- Why bother? Just running a program on the 1200 would be faster than this
- setup, given the 1200 has some fast RAM and assuming that you could actually
- do this in the first place. Another problem would be that there
- isn't a way to pipe the graphics to the 1200 via Parnet. :)
-
- Alternatively, sell the 3000 and get a 4000. ;-)
-
- >neil
-
- >--
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- >" Give a skeptic an inch and he'll measure it. "
- >Neil F. Richmond INTERNET: celia!neil@usc.edu
- >Rhythm & Hues Inc. UUCP: ...{ames,hplabs}!lll-tis!celia!neil)
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