Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!radar!cadillac!hardin From: hardin@dino.cad.mcc.com (John Hardin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Speeding up a IIsi Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 91 16:14:01 GMT References: <60103@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Sender: news@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM Organization: MCC CAD Program, Austin, Texas Lines: 47 In-reply-to: feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu's message of 16 Feb 91 01:03:46 GMT John A. Feinberg (feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu) writes: > Nntp-Posting-Host: autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu > Ever since I got my IIsi a couple of months ago, all I ever did was leave it > in 256 colour mode. However, I tried out a game called Star-Roids, and after > noticing that it was simply too slow, I tried it's suggestion of putting the > computer in black & white mode. The game went a *lot* faster! I then tried > out a lot of other programs in black and white mode. Sure enough, the computer > seems to be up to five times faster than in 256 colour mode! So if you're one > of those out there who feels the need for speed, and haven't really had the > common sense to try this out before (like me!), try out the black & white mode! > I recently traded my MacRecorder & miscellaneous stuff for an Apple video card, > which I hope will substantially speed things up, since b&w white, to be frank, > sucks. Does anybody have a IIsi with a separate card? Does it help? > Finally, does anybody know the name of a program/DA/FKey that allows you to > switch from one color depth to another, without having to call up the Control > Panel? I thought I saw it posted on Comp.Binaries.Mac once, but I didn't > bother downloading it. > John Feinberg > SUNY Buffalo John, Have you tried using HandOffII? It's similar to OnCue, but allows you to associate a color depth (and sound level) with each application in the launch menu. That is, when an application is launched from the HandOffII menu, the color depth and sound level are set to the indicated levels. HandOffII also has Categories and Briefcases. Each of these allows the application launch menu to be hierarchical. Briefcases are neat because you can (optionally) launch *all* of the applications in the Briefcase at once! (I do not know if hierarchy is limited to one level (i.e., Briefcases/Categories within Briefcases/Categories). I have no affiliation with HandOffII or The HandOff Corporation (or Connectix, who has purchased THC) other than as a satisfied customer! -jwh -- John Hardin MCC CAD Program AT&T: 512/338-3535 3500 W. Balcones Center Drive ARPA: hardin@mcc.com Austin, TX 78759-6509 UUCP: {harvard,gatech,uunet}!cs.utexas.edu!hardin%mcc.com