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From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Blitter vs. 040 (was: Computer Architecture question
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Date: 15 May 91 07:26:36 GMT
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Quoted from <viaHiuz3@cs.psu.edu> by melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger):
> mips the 030 + blitter.  Does it really matter if they are running in
> parallel as long as the bus isn't limiting you?

    The bus IS limiting <insert appropriate thingo here>. Someone went to
    a lot of trouble to draw up a little diagram for you a while back -
    take another look.

> Functionality is more important.  On the NeXT we have an OS that
> supports 24 bit color, has memory protection, virtual memory, and does

    So have you got any animation software yet?

> -Mike
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