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- Organisation: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Muenster, Germany
- Date: Monday, 27 Jul 1992 12:31:57 MES
- From: Julian F. Reschke <RESCHKE@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>
- Message-ID: <92209.123157RESCHKE@DMSWWU1A.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: Is page flipping safe, and I need to know about syncing
- References: <Bruq9M.FI7@acsu.buffalo.edu>
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- In article <Bruq9M.FI7@acsu.buffalo.edu>, chu@acsu.buffalo.edu (John C. Chu)
- says:
- >
- >Is it ok to use Setscreen to do double buffered animation (i.e., draw
- >on one buffer while the other is being displayed and switch. I don't
- >know if I've used the right term for this). By that I mean, does it
- >work on all nominally ST compatible computers, including those with
- >video cards? (Of course, I'd also pay attention to what GEM tells me
- >when I start up so that I reserve enough memory for each screen.)
-
- No, you can't rely on effects of XBIOS calls to VDI functions. Might not
- work with third-party graphics cards.
-
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- JULIAN F. RESCHKE, HENSENSTR. 142, D-W4400 MUENSTER
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