Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!bacchus!mwm From: mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Screen blankers for AMIGA Message-ID: Date: 5 Apr 91 20:18:48 GMT References: <1991Apr5.090814.811@darwin.ntu.edu.au> Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 34 In-Reply-To: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu's message of 5 Apr 91 12:15:46 GM In article yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) writes: >Screen Blankers for the Amiga, have you ever seen the MACKIE screen blanker >it gives the best screen show of splines I have ever seen even the ones on the >MAC's don't compare. I use it with JRCOMM when downloading and there is no >slowing up of the downloading at all as I think it takes a lower priority >in the system and it stops everytime the computer needs more processing ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >power. It is not quite as elaborate as After Dark but the next bes thing ^^^^^^^ Interesting, Wonder HOW it knows when ya need more Power? Because everyone _always_ needs more processing power :-). Well due to a lot of MAC people flaming me about me Flaming AfterDark i wish to re-state that: On an Amiga you DO NOT want your screen blanker to take up CPU time. (OR take very little) Actually, the quoted segment above is right. Your blanker should run at very low priority. Then, no matter how much CPU it needs, when a higher-priority task needs the CPU, the blanker won't interfere with it. Even if your blanker isn't smart enough to set it's priority low, you can set it for the blanker. The scheduler makes it all happen without any more work on your part - that's what the scheduler is for.