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Re: Apple II VGA Video Generator Card Project



bieling@terra.es wrote:
One issue is that graphics routines will be pretty slow.
"Big pixels" use processor cycles and memory bandwidth.
Accelerating the processor helps that, but the peripheral
bus is still 1MB/sec max.


I don't get it. Why ? The a2 speed is not affected at all... ?

I wasn't talking about compatible modes, but about new modes
that require a larger frame buffer, and therefore more data
to be updated to produce a given effect.

-michael

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