[comp.sys.atari.st] Blitter with fork

ugbernie@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Bernard Bediako) (04/26/89)

	Since Minix-ST is stricken with a slow fork because of the lack
of segmentation registers (shadowing technique ala )  would it be possible
to use the Mega-ST's blitter for copying the processes back and forth 
when shadowing to REALLY speed up the fork.  I'm using Minix on a 1040ST
so there isn't anyway I could look into it.
	But is it possible.  Would it work?  When is anyone using the blitter
for anything?  Putting in blitter calls within ifdef's sounds like a good
idea for future versions of the distribution.

				thanks
				bernie
		ugbernie@marvin.cs.buffalo.edu