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From: "Wayne K. Werner" <wkwerner@con2.com>
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.2d_graphics
Subject: Re: question about packet
Date: 28 Aug 1997 02:05:16 GMT
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How do I calculate n?  Or for that mater, the largest possible memory
block?
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Wayne K. Werner
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Pradip Fatehpuria <pradip_fatehpuria@interactive.sony.com> wrote:

> Actually 4 bytes is the tag area in the packet and 20 bytes is the size
> of the largest possible primitive packet.  So 20+4= 24 bytes per packet.
> You may use a smaller value than 20, like (n+4) where n is the size of
> the largest possible packet in your models.
> 
> To be more accurate, you may calculate the largest possible memory block
> taken by all primitives in your world and use that area as the GS packet
> area.
> 
> Pradip K Fatehpuria
>