PERQ

From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca>
Date: Sat Aug 15 23:41:10 1998

On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Tony Duell wrote:

<snip>

> (the WCS - Writeable Control Store I mentioned), so you can redefine the

<snip>

> Unlike just about every other machine of that time, there is no text
> mode. However, the designers wanted it to be as fast at displaying text
> as machines with said hardware text mode, so they designed a 'raster op
> machine' - what we'd now call a blitter - to handle screen updates.

Sounds like an Amiga 1000. ;) ;) ;)

> -tony


Doug Spence
ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
Received on Sat Aug 15 1998 - 23:41:10 BST

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