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Article #10860Re: Unsupported Programming Practices
From: Dale Luck
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1989 13:39
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1989 13:39
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In article <5932@polya.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes:
>the blitter. The correct technique is WaitBlit(). This assumes
>that Draw() (or the other graphics routines) do not return with more
>than one Blit pending (yes, a Draw can require multiple blits).
>Can this be guaranteed, Dale?
At this time there is atmost a single blit that the blitter can be
working on at a time. WaitBlit will make sure it is done before allowing
you to proceed.
If in the future there is a hardware/software architecture change then
WaitBlit will be changed to conform and again should be safe to use.
>
>-tom
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!oliveb!amiga!boing!dale From: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Unsupported Programming Practices Message-ID: <581@boing.UUCP> Date: 7 Jan 89 13:39:58 GMT References: <8901060406.AA22607@postgres.Berkeley.EDU> <84277@sun.uucp> <5932@polya.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) Organization: Boing, Milpitas, Ca. Lines: 20