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In article <1078@atari.UUCP>, kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher) writes:
> in article <8806231552.AA18231@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, Bruce Heimbigner asks:
> > 
> > True of False?
> > [First questions & answers deleted]
> > 
> > 4._____ All GEM programs will experience some speed up.
>     False. Programs that use their own techniques to draw to the screen
>            will not be sped up by the BLiTTER.

	How could a program which is _GEM_ not speed up? Seeing as the blitter
(As I understand how it works) speeds up the Line-A type stuff, and seeing as
GEM uses Line-A, wouldn't all GEM programs inherently be sped up? (Depending,
of course, on how much of it was GEM and how much was custom drawing).

> > 
> > 5._____ The new database from Timeworks is the only program currently on
> >         the market that uses the blitter.
>     False.  Jim Kent's CyberPaint takes specacular advantage of the BLiTTER,
>           and I'm sure other examples exist (though I can't think of any
>           at the moment).

	I'm not entirely sure about the exact direction of the original
question, but: Those programs may be the only ones that EXPLICITLY use the
blitter, but all programs that don't use all custom output drivers would use
it if available, no?

> -- 
>  Ken Badertscher                 | Hey, umm, the stuff I said up there
>  Atari Software Test/Support     | is, like, what _I_ think, okay?
>  {portal,ames,imagen}!atari!kbad | So, y'know, don't bug Atari about it.


	Jason - Not your average iconoclast
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