15 Mar
2006
15 Mar
'06
6:41 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
A little? :-)
If I had an EGA card I'd be doing all sorts of unholy text things
(fonts, pixel-level panning, colors) to be worried about display update
speed ;-)
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The obvious
goal is to not be in the position of having to update the
*entire* screen.
Maybe cheating a little, but:
Alternatively, you can install an EGA card running in CGA compatibility
mode. You can even double-buffer the thing (write to one bank while
displaying the other).