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From: jb3207 AT eclipse DOT co DOT uk (Jason Barstow)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: VESA DoubleBuffer flicker and SetGetDisplayStart func 0x07h
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 10:43:23 GMT
Organization: Jabber Interactive
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Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>Are you waiting for the retrace? (setting the 0x80 flag in %bl). If not,
>some cards will flicker because VESA will return instantly from the
>scroll function, while the display hardware doesn't actually update its
>status until the next retrace.

Yes I'm doing this, mmmm I'll just check my code ;)
Perhaps the VESA2.0 implementation for my card isn't 100%.
Maybe an explicit wait for VR instead of passing 0x80 will do the trick.

Thanks .
'later, Jason.



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