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From: mforget@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Neophyte question: what's Blitter?
Keywords: Blitter
Message-ID: <166531w164w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: 6 Jun 91 22:40:23 GMT
References: <1991May31.170349.15843@milton.u.washington.edu>
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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darkstar@milton.u.washington.edu (Alden Hackmann) writes:

> We are the very new (3 days) owners of an Atari 1040 STe.    
> There is a toggle on the options menu for something called Blitter.
> The little manual has no reference to it at all.  Can anyone enlighten
> us as to the meaning of this option?
> 
If you can select the "Blitter" option, do so.  It is a special graphic 
chip inside the machine that allows it to do Hardware Scrolling.  It 
makes for faster, smoother scrolling.  I'm not sure about the other 
capabilities.  It is better than the standard, though, so use it if you 
can.


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