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- SPEED
- Version 1.0
- by Bob Kaye 73047,2422
-
- SPEED is a small resident program that replaces the BIOS coding for a number
- of Video I/O calls. The BIOS coding contains a great deal of overhead which
- slows down the CRT display. By doing away with this overhead, SPEED-CRT
- significantly increases the display speed of any applications program that
- uses the BIOS. Programs that write directly to the screen will not be
- enhanced.
-
- An EGA card is required for SPEED to be loaded. It will function in any of
- the text modes, including monochrome. It will automatically deactivate itself
- if a graphics mode is invoked. Similarly, once a text mode is re-invoked, the
- coding will be activated.
-
- SYNTAX: Speed [argument] <CR>
-
- When installing SPEED for the first time, as in an AUTOEXEC.BAT, no arguments
- are accepted. After that, the resident coding can be toggled on/off from the
- DOS command line, or a batch file, using a hyphen (minus sign) as the
- argument. While I haven't found a situation where there's a problem with
- SPEED, the flexibility to toggle it off is worth the extra code.
-
- SPEED can be installed at any point in your line-up of resident programs.
- However, maximum display speed is realized if it is installed last.
-