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From: shurr@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry A. Shurr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Screen-writing speed & snow elimination
Message-ID: <4933@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 17 Mar 89 18:09:25 GMT
References: <1433@mtunb.ATT.COM> <3562@sdsu.UUCP> <53527@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Reply-To: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry A. Shurr)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories (actually an AGS consultant)
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In article <53527@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) writes:
}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.

True and it also doesn't eliminate the need for snow removal if your
CGA requires snow removal to begin with, so it doesn't eliminate that
overhead.

regards, Larry
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