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From: csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Blitter Question
Keywords: Blitter, Mega 4
Message-ID: <2947@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 3 Jul 90 12:36:55 GMT
References: <12602448273018@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: CSD, University of Erlangen, W-Germany
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GINGRICH-T@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S Gingrich) writes:

>I have a Mega-4 and I am no longer able to choose the 'Blitter' option from 
>my menu or from NeoDesk (2.05).  

>Does the Mega detect the presence of a blitter automattically and then
>add it to the menu??
Exactly.

>If so, is my blitter 'toasted'??
If the blitter option showed up before, yes. If not, you probably don't
have any blitter. You might test this using the Xbios Blitmode function:

	if (Blitmode(-1) & 2) puts("Yep, there is one.");
	else puts("No blitter, no cry.");

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