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- From: John.Cocula@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org (John Cocula)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
- Subject: Re: Video board, Beta 2.
- Message-ID: <725432467.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 19:20:10 -0500
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- Quoting from Cott Lang's recent message:
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- CL> >Please clarify : How does the 32-bit graphics engine work when you have
- CL> >a 16-bit video card? Are there any 32-bit video board around?
- CL>
- CL> The same way 32 bit serial drivers work on an 8 bit device.
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- Not quite. While it's true that communication with the device over slow
- 8- or 16-bit interfaces is not helped by having 32 bit code, it is not true
- that a 32-bit graphics engine or video driver won't help performance. 32-bit
- code can be extremely helpful in bitmap manipulation and graphics calculations.
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- John
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