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From: kg1a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kevin Michael Goldsmith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Who cares about sync? (was Re: Animation)
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Date: 13 Feb 91 19:12:23 GMT
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> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.mac.programmer: 11-Feb-91 Re: Who cares
> about sync? (.. John Bruner@sp15.csrd.ui (1030)

> I don't believe that an 8MHz 68000 can redraw the entire Mac screen in
> less than 1/60 second.  Considering memory traffic alone (ignoring any
> other instruction execution overheads), there aren't enough bus cycles
> to fetch the instructions and move the data around.


Of course that is true, but you only need 30 frames/second to produce
video quality animation or 24 frames/second to produce film quality
animation, although 8MHz is too slow for this too.

Kevin
kg1a+@andrew.cmu.edu
kmg@isl1.ri.cmu.edu

Disclaimer: Disclaimer, I don't need no stinkin disclaimer.