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- From: rkimmel@stein.u.washington.edu (Robert Kimmel)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: PMComm scrolls very slowly...
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 12:18:14 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- In article <1993Jan22.000239.2230@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
- >Don Smith (djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu) wrote:
- >: In article <1jdq59INNgft@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> slug@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Wowbagger The Infinitely Prolonged) writes:
- >: }
- >: }I just bought PMComm, and have to say that first, it is very easy to use
- >: }and quite slick.
- >: }
- >: }However, the screen scrolling is quite slow. Is this just due to the cheesy
- >: }video on my room-mate's computer here? We are using generic VGA (16 color),
- >: }and the screen scrolls at about the same rate as a 2400 bps connection, yet
- >: }I have an Intel SatisFAXtion 400 (14,400 bps) modem in here.
- >: }
- >:
- >: I had the same problem with the very slow scrolling with the 800x600x256
- >: et4000 driver that came with the service pack. I recently switched to
- >: the newest generic 800x600x16 driver on ftp-os2, and now everything in
- >: the WPS scrolls fast. I may lose a lot of color and seemless windows, but
- >: the speed is great.
- >
- >If you don't have an accelerated video card, 16 color modes are typically
- >faster than 256 color modes because of the reduced bit manipulation needed.
- >
- >Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
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- >1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276
- >San Jose, Ca. 95110 Voice: (408)437-5254 FAX: (408)437-5246
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- I found that it's because of the scrollback buffer that makes PMCOMM slow
- on update the screen, try setting the scroll back buffer to nothing, and
- it should speed up. (and yes, I am using et4000)
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