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From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Closing AES boxes interfering with VDI drawing
Keywords: aes dialog
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Date: 19 Dec 90 15:09:20 GMT
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In article <4545@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> jeroen@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl (Jeroen Fokker) writes:

>It is my decision to sacrifice portability later
>for efficiency now. I am aware of the fact that it 
>is harmful.

The question is, of course, is how much faster is your hard-wired
routine than using a software-blitter? It's better to fix the slow ROM
code in one place than fix it in all your programs.