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From: Elliott Lee <tenchi@netmagic.net>
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Subject: Re: General question.
Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 11:58:26 -0700
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Mark Wilson wrote:
> >I was wondering if all TIMs have to loaded into main memory
> >first then copied over using LoadImage or is it possible to
> >load them directly into the VRAM?
	[...]
> Once TIMs have been transferred into the frame buffer, then generally
> speaking you don't need them anymore in the main memory any more. This space
> could then be used for your program's data.
> 
> Mark

Extending this: take all your TIMs, compress them into 1 data file,
upload that to the Yaroze, extract each TIM 1 by 1 into a spare memory
scratchpad and upload them to the frame buffer.  It'll let you save
tons of space with those large 16-bit/24-bit images.

- e!
  tenchi@netmagic.net
  http://www.netmagic.net/~tenchi/yaroze/