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- > > What about adding a _big_ cache to be able to cache the whole screen like on
- > > some MACs? :-)
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- > I actually had a similar idea a couple of days ago.
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- :-)
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- > Since the local RAM on the AfterBurner card is so fast, why not put the
- > screen there?
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- Yeah, why not? The same goes for Bad Mood.
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- > Naturally, you'd also have to have a screen in the standard RAM or you would
- > not be able to see it (;-), but with an extra copy you could do all screen
- > reads from local RAM and then write to both standard RAM (uncached) and to
- > the local.
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- So who long would the transfer take to standard ram?
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- > Things like line drawing and such that need to do a lot of masking should be
- > a quite a bit faster that way. Even scrolling should be, since you wouldn't
- > have to read from standard RAM.
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- Yeah, sounds cool. I only hope it will work in the same way. :-)
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- > Of course this would need a new or modified VDI, but it should be possible,
- > I think. Doug?
- > I'll definitely be trying this out with my GEM-DEU line drawing soon.
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- Yup and Bad Mood. :-)
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- > > Shouldn't it be possible to add a L2 cache on the internal expansion bus on
- > > the AB040? Maybe it's that what it's for?
- >
- > Has anyone checked what kind of lines are available on that port?
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- Well, it's just to trace the lines! Happy tracing. :-)
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- //Magnus Kollberg
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