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From: dbarnes@garth.UUCP (Dave Barnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Screen Flicker with Procomm 2.4.2
Message-ID: <3525@garth.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 90 17:34:14 GMT
Reply-To: dbarnes@garth.UUCP (Dave Barnes)
Distribution: usa
Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA
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In using Procomm at home I notice some screen flicker at the top
of the screen (a well defined block about 1/2 inch high and the full
width of the screen)  When I call up the dialing directory, it pops
up, then this upper block kind of winks black and then comes back.
I notice this same effect every time a block is transfered during
a download or upload, and every time I call up any other Procomm
window (help screen, for instance).

I tried the same program at work, and my work PC/AT does not do the
same thing; it comes up fine just like you would expect.  Running
Procomm from a hard disk or a floppy made no difference.  Problems
at home; no problems at work.

I have the same amount of buffers and files on both machines.  I 
have an older EGA graphics card at work with little RAM.  My graphics 
card at home is an Everex EGA, one year old, very nice board.  I would
have expected better performance on my home system than at work.

Any thoughts?  I can live with the problem, but I am just curious
about why it happens on one machine and not the other.

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David Barnes
UUCP: {pyramid,sri-unix,ingr}!apd!dbarnes     415/852-2365
USPS: Intergraph APD, 2400 Geng Road, Palo Alto, CA  94303
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