Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!BILLW@SRI-KL.ARPA From: BILLW@SRI-KL.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Raster graphics display controller chip Message-ID: <1691@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 6-Jul-84 22:13:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1691 Posted: Fri Jul 6 22:13:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 8-Jul-84 01:21:38 EDT Lines: 8 I would assume that the 7220 is slow as described only when using the built in commands to do graphics (NEC claims 800ns per pixel, which isnt bad for drawing lines, but isnt good for filling large rectangles). If you dula port your memory, then the processor can do bitblt type operations directly on the graphics memory, which ought to speed things up... BillW