Additionally mipmapping existed in hardware 15+ years ago. Its far from a modern feature.
Point to this..... nothing really. Just pointing out some errors in previous posts.
Amigakit didn't present mipmapping as some "modern feature." Yes, mipmapping is old, but it's also a fundamental "must have" feature (like stencil buffering). So adding it is another step toward a fully featured system. That's worth a mention.
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