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From:Robert Cranley
Date:14 Mar 2001 at 23:50:54
Subject:Re: Butt ugly GUIs

Hi Andy,

On 14-Mar-01, you wrote:

> While I'm thinking about it is there any reason MacOS runs as fast (and in
> some cases faster under fusion in 256colours than my workbench does in 64?

I noticed that too, and I'd be guessing it has something to do with using
the MMU to update only the parts of the screen that need updating... Damage
region refreshing, or whatever it's called... AmigaOS can't use the MMU
itself, and so pure AGA refreshes are slower :(

Regards,
Rob



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