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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 1024X800 Monitor
Keywords: How much memory?
Message-ID: <62474@sun.uucp>
Date: 2 Aug 88 18:27:54 GMT
References: <1779@vu-vlsi.Villanova.EDU>
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In article <1779@vu-vlsi.Villanova.EDU> (Wilson Cheung) writes:
>	This 1024x800 black and white monitor that Commodore plans to release
> sounds exciting, especially since it will work with my A1000.  However,
> my concern is the amount of CHIP RAM this is going to hog up.  

Very perceptive Wilson,

It's pretty easy to calculate, 1008 * 800 / 8 = 1008 * 100 = 100,800 bytes
per bitplane. On a two bitplane screen thats 201,600 bytes minimum. You
can see why SIMPLE_REFRESH windows will be a big win with this monitor.
Anyway, yes it will eat up all your Chip ram in a hurry (anyone remember
using a 256K Amiga?) and for 500/2000 owners it will behoove them to have
Fatter Agnui to address a full meg of chip ram.

--Chuck McManis
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