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Article #23543Re: Falcon, Falcon who has got a Falcon
From: GIGGEY Mike S
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:24
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:24
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In article <1993Jan25.112726.11738@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> leo@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Leo Hendry) writes: >In article <1993Jan22.162113.13989@bsu-ucs> 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes: >> >>can someone make a list of typical sorts of programs that would be really >>"memory-intensive" so as to really suffer from this 16-bit memory bus? >> >> -Matt > >Programs that should be using the blitter, but don't. >Eg. copying areas of memory, drawing sprites, scrolling in a window, etc. >(The blitter has 32-bit access and is faster at doing this sort of thing >anyway). > >- Leo Whats so different about the Falcon doing this for graphics when all data bus transfers on the PC are done at 16 bits and depending on your setup at 8 bits. Not only that, the data transfer speeds are limited on the PC further slowing down graphics speed. Plus the PC doesn't have a blitter.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!torn!skule.ecf!giggey From: giggey@ecf.toronto.edu (GIGGEY Mike S) Subject: Re: Falcon, Falcon who has got a Falcon Message-ID: <C1Hnxn.nJ@ecf.toronto.edu> Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility References: <11809@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <1993Jan22.162113.13989@bsu-ucs> <1993Jan25.112726.11738@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:24:57 GMT Lines: 20