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- >>>>> "Bryan" == Bryan Taylor <bryan@interport.net> writes:
- In article <314D76C3.759E581B@interport.net> Bryan Taylor <bryan@interport.net> writes:
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- Bryan> Frogboyz wrote:
- >> Certain Macintosh programs allow direct writes to video
- >> hardware, bypassing Quickdraw, and it is supposed to improve
- >> speed. I don't know whether or not this is recommended under
- >> Executor. Any ideas?
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- It's not recommended, because in general it winds up being slower, but
- it should work under Executor.
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- Bryan> As I understand Director 4.0, for example, does its own
- Bryan> screen writes. It works under Executor, but leaves
- Bryan> partially un-redrawn screens. Otherwise it seem to work
- Bryan> fine.
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- Executor handles this in different ways depending on the underlying OS
- and video driver. If Executor can directly map the video memory into
- Executor's address space (like it can under DOS when a VESA 2 driver
- provides a linear frame buffer, or it can under Executor/SVGAlib with
- certain video boards) then things just work automatically. If
- Executor can't directly map the screen then it has to periodically
- "refresh" the real screen from a pretend screen.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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