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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
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Subject: Re: Must PixMap.rowBytes be even?
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Date: 10 Jun 91 13:47:30 GMT
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In article <53801@apple.Apple.COM> keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes:
>on. On the 68020 and 030, you can make word and longword accesses on
>odd byte boundaries.

At a significant performance penalty, though, right?  So perhaps it's
a good idea to keep it even, even if you're assured of a 68020 or better.
--
Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
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