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Article #7167Re: Simple Frame Buffer boards
From: Checkpoint Technologies
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 1990 00:10
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 1990 00:10
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In article <916@boing.UUCP> dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) writes:
>Why is it so difficult to design a simple memory
>mapped frame buffer board. I've gotten the specs
>on a couple, like the firecracker and most seem
>to have forgotten that the main cpu of the Amiga
>is 68000 based. Read: FLAT ADDRESS SPACE.
The 8 meg expansion address space of the Amiga is too precious to
devote a meg or more of it to "just" a frame buffer.
True, Zorro III has plenty of space (1.7 Gig?) for such a device. But
right now, no developer would be so stupid as to make an A3000-only
device. The market's way too small.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!pyrdc!grebyn!ckp From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Simple Frame Buffer boards Message-ID: <23699@grebyn.com> Date: 1 Dec 90 00:10:05 GMT References: <916@boing.UUCP> Reply-To: ckp@grebyn.UUCP (Checkpoint Technologies) Organization: Grebyn Timesharing, Vienna, VA, USA Lines: 20