From: Jim Barlow <Jim_Barlow AT bc DOT sympatico DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro is too slow...
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 16:52:07 -0700
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Arthur wrote:

> >I've been using Allegro to build a GUI for simple utility I'm working on.
> I did
> >a debug test to try and catch a particular error... it crashed the
> computer...
> >and now the mouse is SLLLOOW in the program.  It moves once every second
> and
> >just seems to jump from place to place.  Everything else seems normal.
>
> It sounds like you've got a bit of processor intensive activity going on
> between screen redraws. Are you triple buffering your GUI? It's an easy
> thing to do, and really slows down the system. Send in a snippet of code,
> and we may be able to isolate the problem...
>
> James Arthur
> jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net

Later found out that I removed the timer code which was necessary for mouse
control... :( Fixed it up now.

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JBarlow
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