RE: A82: Thanx.

To: "'assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org'" <assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: RE: A82: Thanx.
From: Sam Davies <sdavies@unix.trilogy.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 20:53:31 -0400
Reply-To: assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org

On Tuesday, July 08, 1997 6:47 PM, Ryan N Gillespie[SMTP:ryan.gillespie@juno.com] wrote:
> I'm trying to learn how to use sprites right now. (I *THINK* that's what
> using the display controller directly is going to do for me....uh, Sam?
> Hehehehe)

Well... if you're going to write anything with a substantial amount of moving graphics, you should probably write to a buffer in memory first, then copy it all at once to the LCD (using my routine :)  because that will reduce the flicker, even though it may slow down the main loop of your program a tad, it will *GREATLY* improve the display quality (I even do this in Daedalus, if you Ti-82 people have seen it ;)  So you never really have to write *directly* to the screen if you use the copy routine, but you should learn how to access the memory buffer quickly and efficiently so your games will be nice and speedy...
	Sam
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Sam Davies <sdavies@mail.trilogy.net>

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Re: A82: Thanx.

From: ryan.gillespie@juno.com (Ryan N Gillespie)