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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: A few questions about the display
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Date: 13 Mar 89 15:05:47 GMT
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In article <3448@ima.ima.isc.com> johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) writes:
>>2) Is any of the graphics support in hardware?
>Not as far as I can tell.

I think this is wrong; I remember reading that there was "hardware assist
for compositing".  If I read this correctly, it means there are at least
pieces of a blitter.  It certainly would explain why you can drag windows
and their contents around.

Steve
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