Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!husc6!yale!spolsky-joel From: spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Screen-writing speed & snow elimination Message-ID: <53527@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Date: 13 Mar 89 22:49:06 GMT References: <1433@mtunb.ATT.COM> <3562@sdsu.UUCP> Sender: root@yale.UUCP Reply-To: spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT 06520-2158 Lines: 17 In article <3562@sdsu.UUCP> flong@sdsu.UCSD.EDU (Fred J. E. Long) writes: | | Please correct me if I am wrong, but can't you do this for fast writes: | | 1) Write the characters to page 2 | 2) Switch to page 2 for viewing | 3) Write the characters to page 1 | 4) Go back to page 1 for viewing The IBM MDA (monochrome display adapter) only has one page. So, unless you want to write two sets of i/o routines, no, you can't. +----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | Joel Spolsky | bitnet: spolsky@yalecs.bitnet uucp: ...!yale!spolsky | | | internet: spolsky@cs.yale.edu voicenet: 203-436-1483 | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ #include