To Blit or not to Blit, where does one draw the line?

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From: Jon Wesener
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1988 22:08

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	For moving small bitmaps of maybe 1 to 6 bytes in
width, is it REALLY an advantage to use the blitter over moving
the stuff with the 68000?  I ask this seriously since it looks
to me like all the overhead involved in setting up the blitter
for each line that has to be moved seems like it's more than
would be used by having the 68000 do it itself.  Maybe I'm
missing something, and if so what?  Or for what sizes do you start
breaking even and winning?

--j
PS. More blitter questions coming your way...
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From: jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener)
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Subject: To Blit or not to Blit, where does one draw the line?
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Date: 21 Oct 88 22:08:41 GMT
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