Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 16:55:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: Memory Allignment
To: wudavid AT ecf DOT toronto DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>Is memory allignment an important concept?
>
>If I want to blit a bitmap to a RAM screen buffer, I would imagine that
>doing it 32 bits at a time is a good idea. (I'm using 8 bits per pixel)
>Would this be bad if the long words were not properly alligned?
yes
>Is it better to just move bytes?
perhaps
>Is there a way to fix this?
yes.  move bytes until you hit a dword boundary, then move longs as long
as possible, then move bytes until you're done.
>Disclaimer:  This message may not be politically correct.
>The message may not be grammatically correct.
The message may not be orthographically correct.
[`aligned' has only 1 `l']

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