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Subject: Re: SCSI interfaces - background capability
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Date: 29 Jun 91 15:33:07 GMT
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In article <1991Jun27.212244.5025@rata.vuw.ac.nz> banksie@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Philip Banks) writes:
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>	-inbuilt 24 bit colour Video with *its own private Video bus*!
>
>	This is *the* thing that I think causes the Arc to suffer. Always
>	having the full 4.7 odd MIPS available to you no matter what screen
>	mode would so much more useful than virtual memory.
A friend of mine who designs hardare addons for the arc is doing a little
project with two-port RAM, so that hopefully he can get a private video
bus in the arc.. (i dont know the details - trade secrets!!)

sounds like one to watch out for...

Andy