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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 :)

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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

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