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 Music synthesis for 8-bit Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it is seriously underused."