Even when using the 1Meg chip set, an Amiga can only hold about 8
full frames when doing page-flipping. Obviously, if you have lots of Fast
RAM the CPU can transfer additional frames into Chip RAM as the old ones
are used up, extending your animation. My question is: what kind of frame
rate can I expect when a 68000 is used? A 68020? What about programs that
read directly from hard disk?
Again, I'm not talking about compressed animations, but full-page
movement.
Thanks people! My first of many messages in the months and years to
come!
Blaq!
Cel Animator from MicroIllusions (my company) is one of the few
"pageflippers" that do not compress animations, and thus achieve a fast
frame rate. The max rate depends on the resolution, size (overscan) and
number of colors. At worst, you should be able to get 7.5 frames per second
locked to video, or about 9 fps free-running.
—Mike/MicroIllusions