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Re:Doom didn't kill the Amiga. Wolfenstein 3D did [video] by daneel_w on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @02:41PM (#40358596)
Yeah, it's technically available, just not feasible for doing much else. Nobody really made use of productivity/DBLPAL/etc. modes just to get the higher DMA period rates beyond ~29 KHz. None of the trackers support it (DigiBooster might be the exception) and you forfeit so many CPU cycles per raster line.
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Re:Doom didn't kill the Amiga. Wolfenstein 3D did [video] by snvzz on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @07:07PM (#40361168)
>tracker support

Fair. PS3M is how I used it.

>and you forfeit so many CPU cycles per raster line.

Only if you use more than 2 colors and have no fast ram at all.

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