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- From: schepers@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Peter Schepers)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Scrolling performance (was Re: OS/2 Wish List)
- Message-ID: <C1J6r0.71r@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 21:08:59 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.072103.5129@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> <1993Jan25.232108.3269@clpd.kodak.com>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- Lines: 27
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- In article <1993Jan25.232108.3269@clpd.kodak.com> mitchell@cort (Burt Mitchell (x39688)) writes:
- >A while back someone was saying that there was a way to set the cursor in
- >a command window to a solid block. The writer claimed that scrolling speed
- >was improved by doing this. Of course I wasn't paying close attention to
- >the procedure to change the cursor.
- >
- >Has anybody tried this solid block cursor idea and if so did it work?
- >
- >Burt Mitchell mitchell@serum.kodak.com
- >
- >
-
-
- That was me that reported the screen scrolling improvement. A little while
- later, someone posted a message saying he tried it and it didn't work.
- Well, after installing the beta and using the IBM supplied ATI 800x600x256
- drivers, the scrolling improvement was gone. No change at all.
-
- It turns out I was running with Joels 800x600x16 generic drivers before,
- and my method worked well with it. But with the ATI drivers, they don't.
- So the moral of the story is, if you use Joels drivers, this method might
- work.
-
- If you wan't to try it, download the file 'UNBLIN20.ZIP' from
- OAK.OAKLAND.EDU in pub/msdos/screen and see if it helps.
-
- Peter.
-