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From: CHIASSON@drea-xx.arpa (Don Chiasson)
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Subject: Re: What is \"bitblt\"?
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Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 12:48:23 EST
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	If you are interested in history, I believe the BLT (BLock
Transfer) instruction was first implemented on the DEC-20 and DEC-20
(originally the PDP-6) to transfer a block of words from one location
to another.
		Don Chiasson
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