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- On Sat, 13 Jan 1996, Johan Klockars wrote:
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- > When you shrink the screen size in the way we do now, by simply drawing to
- > a smaller area, wouldn't it be possible to switch graphics mode on the fly?
- > What I mean is:
- > - Use a monochrome mode while the top part of the screen is displayed.
- > - Change to TC mode by HBL interrupt just before the 'play area' is reached.
- > - Switch back to monochrome by another HBL interrupt to display the bottom.
- > That should save lots of bandwidth with a small window, and would be
- > possible to combine with the suggestions above if needed.
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- I know what you mean, but with the Falcon it's actually possible to "turn
- off" parts of the screen that's not in use, which will save more bus
- time than having monochrome mode even. :) I'll send two versions of the
- resolution packets, one with borders, and one without.
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- Greetings, Anders Eriksson - ae@kuai.se - Dead Hackers Society
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