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From: ccastcr@prism.gatech.EDU (Russo, Chris A.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Games coprocessor for the Mac (was Re: Risk)
Keywords: color, graphics, sound, harsh
Message-ID: <17743@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 28 Nov 90 22:12:35 GMT
References: <15722@reed.UUCP> <17578@hydra.gatech.EDU> <5963@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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brendan@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Brendan Mahony) writes:

> 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?

   I've often wondered the same thing.  Two problems come to mind, tho.

   Being a Mac II owner who loves good games, I think I speak for a lot
of people when I say that I don't want to plunk out very much money for
this type of thing.  And considering problem 2, I think that this would\
be quite a bit.

   Another thing is the difficulty of implementing what you propose.  I
think the main problem is a lack of DMA support in the Mac hardware.  Even
if some reasonable solution were seen to DMA, I think that cost would
really start becoming a factor.

  

-- 
Russo, Chris A.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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