Wow. I haven't seen hardware that simple for a long, long time... It's kinda odd to think of the guys sweating blood trying to get just 8 more MOBs per scan line, or justify the cost of an additional 2K of RAM.
Imagine having to build half of your display engine in hardware, just 'cause the processor couldn't keep up (of course, we're back to that again, but it's different somehow).
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Wow. I haven't seen hardware that simple for a long, long time... It's kinda odd to think of the guys sweating blood trying to get just 8 more MOBs per scan line, or justify the cost of an additional 2K of RAM.
Imagine having to build half of your display engine in hardware, just 'cause the processor couldn't keep up (of course, we're back to that again, but it's different somehow).
Rose colored glasses, anyone? They're free...