From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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On Sat, 20 May 2000 17:32:29 -0500, "Thomas J. Hruska"
<shinelight AT crosswinds DOT net> wrote:

>At 04:37 PM 5/20/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>Library function `movedata' already does that.  I suggest to use it
>>instead of messing with inline assembly.
>
>Hmm...fps doesn't change very much even with _movedatal.
>BIOS video calls for bank switching are my problem then.  Ho hum.

Yes, those are very slow.  But if you only switch banks once every 64
scanlines (e.g. during a blit), everything will be fine.  Or you could
check out VBE 2 or later, which has a linear framebuffer (Allegro uses
it).

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