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In article <kennehra.718763368@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>, kennehra@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Rich"TheMan"Kennehan) writes:
|> 
|> >    Ask yourself this one little question:
|> 
|> >    If a video card could read from DOS memory (ie.. over the bus) fast
|> >    enough to send to a monitor, then why is there such a thing as
|> >    display memory?????? We could use extended memory to act as a frame
|> >    buffer.
|> 
|> >    You guys should buy a book entitled "Programmer's Guide to the EGA
|> >    and VGA Cards", 2nd Edition by Richard Ferraro.
|> 
|> Maybe IBM defined a display memory just because they're IBM!  Think
|> about it, their joysticks stink, and so do their video cards!  That's
|> why we're trying to build the sprite engine!  To make up for their
|> mistakes!  BTW, much of this project is weighing on whether or not the
|> sprite engine can read DOS memory fast enough to send to a monitor! 
|> Adding about a meg of ram to the sprite engine will drive up production
|> costs considerably and might affect its marketablility!  If the sprite
|> engine CAN read dos memory fast enough, then this card should'nt cost
|> more than 50 bucks!!!  And that would be GREAT!!!
|> 
|> - Rich
|>   kennehra@logic.camp.clarkson.edu
|> 
|> 
	Well I think your card is dead :). If the main memory was fast enough to supply all the data why is there such a major push for local bus? If main memory is fast enough why do other computers like apple use it? Besides a meg of ram only costs about 30 bucks.