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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ?
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Date: 10 Jun 91 10:41:49 GMT
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In article <1991Jun10.074421.6782@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:


    And I wouldn't want 100% of my CPU being eaten up to copy data, so it's
   still better to off load work onto the blitter except in special
   circumstances.(as in uncompressing a picture, scrolling text fields on
   hi-res 16 color screens, decoding a disk buffer using checksums)

     The blitter isn't this little piece of trash that is no longer any
   good because 68030's exist. And the mere fact that it takes atleast
   a 68030 with a fast memory system just to beat it means it is still
   _very_ useful for the less powerful machines such as 68000/010/20 based ones.

The 030 has existed for a few years now!(I'm sure you knew this) The
latest rage is the 68040, and it is available for the Amiga, correct?
You have just tripled your mip'age!  Time for new comparisions.  Has
anyone dropped an 040 in an A3000 and run an graphics benchmarks with
it?

-Mike