July MicroTimes
11-Jul-86 23:56:15
Sb: #26338-July MicroTimes
Fm: SYSOP*Tom Hudson 76703,4224
To: Rick Schaeffer 70120,174
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Oh, I'm not questioning the fact that things like the blitter shutting down
the 68K are better. I KNOW the blitter can do things a lot more efficiently.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I could have sworn that William Volk said
something about one or more of the graphics modes stealing cycles just to
display the screen.
One last point. I'm not here to get people angry. I'm NOT here to promote
Atari vs. Amiga nonsense. It seemed to me that Mr. Jordan was exaggerating
the severity of Tramiel's comments, and thought I'd toss in my two cents'
worth. Sorry if it upset you.