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From: JSHEA@CLEMSON.CLEMSON.EDU (John Shea)
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Subject: RE: the search for the Godlike handheld
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Date: 19 Nov 90 01:48:00 GMT
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     Does anybody know if there is a way to turn the screen off, so
that it is not updated at all???  I used to turn off screen updating
on my C-64 to speed it up, and even now when I want my Amiga to print
faster, I switch to a lower resolution screen, and print with the other
program in the background.
     I don't even know how the screen updates are handled (I assume
they're similar to CRT scanning, considering the way they flicker, etc.)

                                     John Shea