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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: amax ii interlace question
Message-ID: <90323.224513JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 20 Nov 90 03:45:13 GMT
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I'm posting this to comp.sys.amiga, because I think it should be
of interest to nearly all A-Max and A-Max II owners:

>Running in interlace mode, is there a way to reduce the number of
>horizontal lines on the title bars of the current window you're working
>on?  Flicker is very noticeable there and reducing the number of lines
>would be extremely helpful as I don't notice it elsewhere.  I'm not sure
>a fix can be made as most of the routines to do this are in rom,
>but they're loaded into ram so maybe there's a patch to fix this?

There certainly is a patch.  It's called NeXT INIT, and is freely
distributable.  I used it before I even had A-Max just because it
makes the Mac windows look very much more professional; like NeXT
windows (thus the name).  Just drop this little gem in your system
folder and reboot.  Voila!  The horizontal lines are replaced with
a solid grey title bar, which doesn't flicker at all.  I'd be glad
to send this to anyone who can suggest the best way to transfer it.
I don't have a modem for the Mac side, so uploading would be a tad
difficult...

By the way:  I've been actively seeking a way to make the mouse
start up in fastest mode so you don't have to set it each time.
No luck so far.  I tried to get a Mac programmer to write such an
INIT, but he was unable to figure out how the speed value was stored.
I tried the Mouse2 Control Panel program (it's essentially a mouse
accelerator; makes the pointer FLY on my Mac II at work) but A-Max
just ignores it; it doesn't even show up in the control panel.
If I stumble across anything, I'll post it immediately.

                                                            Kurt
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