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From: brendan@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Brendan Mahony)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Games coprocessor for the Mac (was Re: Risk)
Keywords: color, graphics, sound, harsh
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Date: 27 Nov 90 23:36:58 GMT
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In comp.sys.mac.games you write:
 
 >  I hate to be negative about a machine I love so much, but this just
 >isn't the case.  The Mac doesn't have a little thing called a graphics
 >coprocessor.

 Why isn't some industrious third party vendor doing something about
 producing a low cost graphics/games coprocessor for the Mac? Is it that
 difficult to intercept calls like copybits and get the processor to
 implement Quickdraw instead of the rom routines?

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Brendan Mahony                   | brendan@batserver.cs.uq.oz       
Department of Computer Science   | heretic: someone who disgrees with you
University of Queensland         | about something neither of you knows
Australia                        | anything about.