From: Adam Majer <ummajera AT cc DOT UManitoba DOT CA>
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Subject: Re: Page flipping...
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 17:57:23 -0500
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Used in video programming to prevent flikering of the screen due to
vertical refresh. Basics are you write to off-screen memory and then make
that off-screen memory your visible page. Then you write to the page that
was prevoiusly visible (now made active) etc...

On Sun, 14 May 2000, Justin Szczap wrote:

> Hi,
>  Can someone explain what page flipping is?
> - JS
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> 

    Sincerely,
    Adam