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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Agnus
Message-ID: <810@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 18 Nov 89 10:32:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: tardis.810
References: <9932.AA9932@heimat>
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
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In article <9932.AA9932@heimat> sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes:
:Hardware Present:
:  Super Agnus Chip (NTCS)
:  Normal Denise Chip
:Operating System is -Unaware- of the Presence of the Super Agnus Chip
: I beg to differ because:
:  #2: If I use the Avail command it shows 809648 Chip and 4555176 Fast, so
:      im not sure how the Operating System could be -Unaware- of the Agnus

You really should have looked at the source code - it takes only 2 minutes.

Actually, the last line should be "graphics.library is -Unaware- of the
presence of the 1-meg Agnus Chip".  Remember, there is a lot more to the
new Agnus than just accessing more chip ram.  For instance, it is no
longer limited to 1024x1024 pixel blits.  The new Agnus can do a 32Kx32K
blit, but you need a newer graphics.library to take advantage of that.
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