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Article #6321Re: Blitter disappointment (was: Time to create comp.sys.atari.flames)
From: Steve Rehrauer
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1989 15:08
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1989 15:08
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In article <1819@atari.UUCP> kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher) writes: >As an aside, I should point out that our VDI guy has put a lot of work >into the blit code for the TT, and it's pretty phenomenal _without_ >hardware assist. One other thing that will give a noticeable improvement >is the lack of Line F compression in STE and TT ROMs. The Line F >compression adds a bit of overhead to AES operations, and desktop/window/ >dialog operations are noticeably sped up when the compression is gone. "Duuuhhhh" (he says in embarassed stupefaction), "Whut's 'Line F compression'?" I know what you mean by "Line F", but what's the "compression" refer to re: ST ROMs? (Usually I'm only this dense on Mondays & national holidays...) -- >>"Aaiiyeeee! Death from above!"<< | Steve Rehrauer, rehrauer@apollo.hp.com "Flee, lest we be trod upon!" | The Apollo System Division of H.P.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rice!uw-beaver!apollo!rehrauer From: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Blitter disappointment (was: Time to create comp.sys.atari.flames) Message-ID: <4725b108.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> Date: 30 Nov 89 15:08:00 GMT References: <1989Nov8.182505.11625@uunet!unhd> <23996@cup.portal.com> <24111@cup.portal.com> <1261@atha.AthabascaU.CA> <5312@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <1819@atari.UUCP> Sender: root@apollo.HP.COM Reply-To: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer) Distribution: na Organization: Hewlett-Packard Apollo Division - Chelmsford, MA Lines: 17