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From: doug@eris (Doug Merritt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Fixing flicker, & future frame rate issues
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Date: 15 Apr 88 19:45:51 GMT
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In article <160@kesmai.COM> dca@kesmai.COM (David C. Albrecht) writes:
>In article <11234@ut-sally.UUCP>, bryan@mothra.cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer) writes:
>> rate.  If you really did see the fF in action, then you saw the mouse pointer
>> come apart, and you will see it in every animation that moves anything faster
>> 
>If you're so smart why ain't you rich.  The FACT is, fF is the only product
>so far which addresses the flicker problem on the Amiga. [ ... ]
>apart much less objectionable than I find flicker.  At least the fF people
>have made an attempt at a solution (which some people at least find useful).

Although apparently well-intentioned, your critique of Bryan is not
to the point. Using your logic, no one on the net should ever claim that
any hardware or software product is flawed or has bugs, because
"at least they made an attempt at a solution".

I think you'll find that most people disagree...knowing about problems
in products is very important, and prior to the start of this discussion,
I was not aware that fF was flawed. Now I feel that we all understand
exactly what it does right, what it does wrong, and how it could be
improved (well, those of us who've been reading and thinking carefully
about it, anyway :-).

Many people will want to buy it anyway, since it is a partial solution.
Others, like me, will want to wait for a better product, even if it is
more expensive, and may take a while to become available. BTW note that
de-interlaced televisions are (I think) now available, and will shortly
become common. See quotes in Stewart Brand's "The Media Lab".

	Doug Merritt		doug@mica.berkeley.edu (ucbvax!mica!doug)
			or	ucbvax!unisoft!certes!doug