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Re: [MiNT] 1.17 release

13 sep 2010 kl. 22.18 skrev Jo Even Skarstein:

> On 09/13/2010 10:08 PM, Jean-François Lemaire wrote:
> 
>>> Is this on a CT60? I thought the CT60 needed fVDI to work, due to the
>>> TOS VDI depending on the blitter which can't access fastRAM.
>> 
>> Absolutely not. Only the CTPCI/Radeon requires fVDI.
> 
> Sorry, I meant NVDI or fVDI. That is, some other VDI than ROM VDI. Isn't
> this still the case? Or does your CT60 run FireTOS?

Didier has patched the standard VDI to work w. fastram. However, it still uses the blitter for lots of functions (using an intermediate buffer in ST-ram).

The blitter isn't necessarily very stable at 25MHz, hence it's not a very good idea to use the standard VDI.

-- PeP