On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 10:25:56AM -0500, Michael Lorenz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > I don't know about 8bpp tcx.  But 24bpp tcx - the S24 - I know
> > something about.  It does not have a blitter in the usual sense of the
> > term; it does have some screen-to-screen copy acceleration, but it's
> > only a mild form of acceleration, copying from 1 to 32 pixels per
> > 64-bit write cycle.  8bpp tcx may or may not be similar; I don't know.
> > 
> > I have a doc file on the S24 up for FTP from
> > ftp.rodents.montreal.qc.ca:/mouse/docs/Sun/S24/memory-map (the
> > filename is a historical artifact).  It describes the blit support
> > (among other things).
> 
> Very interesting, thanks a lot!
> 

Yes it is quite interesting!


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