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From: rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager)
Newsgroups: net.emacs,net.micro,net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: MicroEMACS 3.7 response
Message-ID: <1784@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 15-Aug-86 19:26:40 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 15 19:26:40 1986
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In article <1680@tekgvs.UUCP> toma@tekgvs.UUCP (Thomas Almy) writes:
>In article <1774@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager) writes:
>>I have mounted MicroEMACS 3.7 on my PC compatible ...
>>My problem is that response to some commands (e.g. PgDn) is distinctly
>>soggy. Is this true of all versions? just the PC version? Lattice C versions?
>
>I noticed that too.  In order to run with brain-damaged display adapters
>(which snow) on every line it waits for the next vertical retrace interval to
>move the character.  Thus it takes 24 retraces (almost a second) for a 
>complete screen rewrite.  If your display does not snow, just remove the
>problem code from ibmpc.c.  It speeds up alot.

Actually, that was the first thing I tried. Didn't seem to make a lot of
difference though. Perhaps it's just Lattice C (sigh)....

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