Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 14:48:22 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB drivers Message-ID: <XFMail.990201144822.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <99Feb1.144917est.40324@border.alcanet.com.au>
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On 01-Feb-99 Peter Jeremy wrote: > >I'm not convinced that this is feasible nowadays. > > It had problems even in the Amiga - the `hi-res' modes [like > 640x480x16 colour] used _all_ of the chip RAM bandwidth - the > processor only got a look-in during retrace periods (assuming > your audio and sprites weren't using all that). Yes, but lets face it the Amiga's bus isn't exactly fast by todays standards :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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