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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Blitter vs. 040 (was: Computer Architecture question
Message-ID: <1991May18.104457.28023@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX
References: <lv2H#zg5@cs.psu.edu> <1991May16.045252.7706@NCoast.ORG> <7haHkcs5@cs.psu.edu>
Date: Sat, 18 May 1991 10:44:57 GMT

In article <7haHkcs5@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
> what can we conclude?  A DOS emulator that Peter da Silva would
> appreciate?

Watch it, dude. You're skating on thin ice here.

> Of course, we just can't add the mips, because the blitter
> is dedicate to graphics.  So, which chip do you let do the graphics?
> The one that does N mips or 3N mips?

Depends on the graphics. No point in using the 68040 to scroll console windows
if the blitter is already doing it as fast as you can go. I use the chip that's
doing it fast enough. The CHIP bus is already full anyway, remember. Might as
well tow it with the pickup as the ferrari.

> Let me know how well the 88K or R4000 fits into the current Amiga when
> it comes time to make a bigger and better Amiga.  Or is Commodore
> going to wait for the 050?

Probably gonna work on a $1000 030 or 040 machine first. Remember, the Amiga
has an entry-level machine as well.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
<peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.
