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From: hollen@spot.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Turbo C and Microsoft Mouse problems
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Date: 5 Jan 89 20:41:03 GMT
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From article <8889@nsc.nsc.com>, by gates@nsc.nsc.com (Tim Gates):
> I have found that the graphics routines in both Turbo C 1.5 and 2.0 are
> VERY slow.  They are not optimized for a specific graphics board.  They
> are general for all graphics boards.
> 
> If you are having problems keeping up with the mouse, try (as a test)
> timing how long it takes to plot a dozen horizontal lines a few hundred
> pixels long each one pixel at a time.
> -- 
Also, If you are using the mouse to digitize something, try storing the
points and not plotting the lines until all points have been drawn.
This assumes, of course, that what you are digitizing is flat and
can have the mouse moved over its surface.

	Dion Hollenbeck             (619) 455-5590 x2814
	Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA  92121

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