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Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 17:46:57 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Fastest Clear Screen and Plot Pixel in Protected mode?.
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Axis wrote:
> 
> What is the fastest for blitting an entire buffer to the screen, and what
> is the fastest routine for individual pixel plotting in protected mode
> DJGPP?,
> 
> I meand like dosmemput() and _fsetsel() and all those.  I can use real mode
> but I want a fast alternative and don't want to use assembly yet but inline
> assembly would be okay too.

`dosmemput' is about as fast as you will get for blitting.  As for
individual pixels, use `_farpokeb', or `_farnspokeb' if you're in a
tight loop.  Note, however, that any algorithm involving individual
putpixels probably won't be very fast.
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com