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From: jh5y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jordan Powell Hargrave)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: ATI 256-color drivers
Message-ID: <Ab=bNNC00WAJJ2zHRu@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 31 Oct 90 06:59:37 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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The problem with the slowness of the 256 color drivers is not a fault
of the drivers themselves, it is a hardware problem (Can you say
I/O bottleneck? :-> ) Don't forget, a 1kx768 screen is 768k of memory
and the CPU has to handle all the screen updates by itself.  The speed
of video updates on a 386 or 486 is also not very great, as most
AT buses are only 16 bits. (:-(  A call for EISA? :-> )

  Oh well, I've rambled enough. Just my $0.02 worth.

  Jordan Hargrave
  Carnegie Mellon University