QuickST/TurboST/Blitter

Article View: comp.sys.atari.st

Article #3943

#3943

From: ajy2208%ritcv
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1989 16:22

22 lines
1571 bytes

In article <CMM.0.88.621382869.larserio@kyrre.uio.no> larserio@ifi.uio.no (LarsErikOsterud) writes:
>I agree !!!
>Quick-ST gives a BIOS text increase of 500%
>The only thing the blitter gives is a GEM draw increase og about 5%
>(yes, I've tried it myself !!)
>
Version 1.6 of Turbo ST speeds up BIOS text by 1400% (!).. 

A friend of mine has a Mega ST and there are only a few instances where
we've the blitter has been useful, but not useful enough to obtain
if you don't have a Mega ST.  For example, in Degas Elite moving blocks 
and drawing with blocks is tremendously faster with the blitter on.
Also, we've noticed speed increases in some demos (but not many).  

>  Lars-Erik   /   ABK-BBS +47 2132659   /   ____ ______
>   Osterud   /   larserio@ifi.uio.no   /   /___    /
>____________/  _______________________/   ____/   /

__________________________________________________________________________
 Albert Yarusso               | ajy2208@ritvax.bitnet
 Rochester Institute of Tech. | {rutgers, ames}!rochester!ritcv!ajy2208
 Computer Science             | ajy2208@ritcv.cs.rit.edu

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1282@cs.rit.edu>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!rochester!rit!ritcv!ajy2208

References: <CMM.0.88.621382869.larserio@kyrre.uio.no>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!rochester!rit!ritcv!ajy2208
From: ajy2208%ritcv@cs.rit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: QuickST/TurboST/Blitter
Message-ID: <1282@cs.rit.edu>
Date: 11 Sep 89 16:22:30 GMT
References: <CMM.0.88.621382869.larserio@kyrre.uio.no>
Sender: news@cs.rit.edu
Reply-To: ajy2208%ritcv@cs.rit.edu (Albert Yarusso)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Lines: 22

Reply to Parent Message