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Article #6095Re: Blitter disappointment (was: Time to create comp.sys.atari.flames)
From: Mark F. Newton
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1989 07:51
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1989 07:51
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In article <5312@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, pa1329@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (pa1329) writes:
> In article <1261@atha.AthabascaU.CA> rwa@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Ross Alexander) writes:
> >For what it's worth: I have a blitter. It's $75 down the toilet.
> >The speedup it provides is _very_ marginal ( < 25% ), and affects
> >only a few operations (essentailly, large blits). QuikST and the
> >TOS 1.4 upgrade are much more cost effective. When I get home
> >tonight I'll try to post some benchmark numbers.
> > Ross
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> Hmmm,. I wonder why is the Atari blitter so ineffective. Its
> speed is no where comparable to the Amiga's blitter. Why is the
> difference?
Well, what in the world is he using it for? What do you want? I
have a Mega4 and a 1040ST and I like the Blitter. "Compared to the
Amiga blitter", please explain. Do you have both set up next to
each other and running the same program?
-Shinobu
Sacramento, CA pacbell!sactoh0!mfolivo
mmsac!sactoh0!mfolivo
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!pacbell!sactoh0!mfolivo From: mfolivo@sactoh0.UUCP (Mark F. Newton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Blitter disappointment (was: Time to create comp.sys.atari.flames) Summary: Usage Message-ID: <2152@sactoh0.UUCP> Date: 24 Nov 89 07:51:23 GMT References: <1989Nov8.182505.11625@uunet!unhd> <23996@cup.portal.com> <5312@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Sacramento Public Access, Ca. USA Lines: 28