Discover the Power of the Bit Blit Algorithm & Amiga's Blitter Chip 🖥️
Explore the history and mechanics of the Bit Blit algorithm, a revolutionary graphics technique from Xerox PARC that boosted the Amiga's visual performance. Dr. Steve Bagley explains how this technology transformed computer graphics.

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113.1K views • Sep 17, 2021

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The Bit Blit algorithm dates back to Xerox PARC, but was famously used to sell the Amiga home computer among others. Dr Steve Bagley takes us through how it works.
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This is a re-upload due to an audio problem on the earlier edit -Sean
https://www.facebook.com/computerphile
https://twitter.com/computer_phile
This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: https://bit.ly/nottscomputer
Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at http://www.bradyharan.com
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