Macintosh: Two-Page Display and Built-in Video



Why doesn't the built-in video of the Macintosh IIci, IIsi, and Macintosh LC
support the Apple Two-Page Display? Couldn't you just allocate more RAM to
video?

With the Two-Page Display and built-in video, the issue was not the amount of
RAM needed to drive the display, but the amount of "cycle stealing" that would
occur. The degree of performance degradation for the microprocessor was
unacceptable, so Apple removed the option entirely.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012