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From: BARRETT@owl.ecil.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: No Flames -- An Honest Question.
Message-ID: <30733@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 17 Sep 90 19:58:49 GMT
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   No Commodore flames this time, just a question.  What would be the
theoretical maximum continuous data transfer rate of the Zorro III bus?

   The reason I am asking this is because I am throwing around the
idea of a frame buffer for the A3000 that has no memory of its own
for the 24-bit image, but that uses 32-bit memory in the Zorro III
memory space.  

   If this would be possible, this could solve a number of problems,
including CPU access to the 24-bit image, and the problem of compatibility
standards for 24-bit frame buffers.  If this is possible, the standards
problem could be solved because Commodore could dictate the way all
such frame buffers store their data in memory, insuring compatibility
amongst such third-party products.


                               -MB-