Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!elroy!gryphon!jdow
From: jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM (J. Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Flicker Fixer Question
Keywords: flicker fixer bandwidth buss contention
Message-ID: <6074@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 88 13:09:37 GMT
References: <12426396991008@KL.SRI.COM>
Reply-To: jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM (J. Dow)
Organization: Wizardess Designs, Hermosa Beach, Ca.
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In article <12426396991008@KL.SRI.COM> TLOW@KL.SRI.COM (Thomas Low) writes:
>I've been developing an application which requires both hi-res (640-400) and 
>realtime animation. It appears the hires 16 color display uses up so much bus
>bandwith that much of the advantage the blitter is lost for clearing the
>screen and doing polygon fills.  Would a Flicker Fixer board help this
>situation?  With this board, would the display memory fetches which now clog
>the amiga bus be off loaded to a bus between the flicker fixer memory and the
>D/A's on the card, or are these fetches still occuring on the amiga side of
>the bus?  Any insight will be appreciated.  Send replies to tlow@kl.sri.com
>(ARPANET) If result is of general interest, I will repost.

No it won't, Thomas. The FlickerFixer is a passive device that processes the
video bus info that comes direct from the Amiga's graphics chips. It does
not access the main bus at all.

-- 
Sometimes a bird in the hand leaves a sticky deposit.
Perhaps it were best it remain there in the bush with the other one.

{@_@}
	jdow@bix (where else?)		Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes
	jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM		the knight. Does the fair maiden ever
	{backbone}!gryphon!jdow		win? Surely both the knight and dragon
					stink. Maybe the maiden should suicide?
					Better yet - she should get an Amiga and					quit playing with dragons and knights.