Re: A83: ti-83 slow???

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Subject: Re: A83: ti-83 slow???
From: "Lucius Bruceius" <dignified@geocities.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 00:12:15 -0800
Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org


Well many of the games utilize ASH's built in routines.  The _ipoint routine
for the 83 is TONS slower than the 82's point_on and point_off routine so
even beginner games that don't use sprites seem quite faster!


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-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Boyce <jboyce@mailexcite.com>
To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Friday, March 06, 1998 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: A83: ti-83 slow???


>
>Actually, I beleive the 83 is in fact slower...the reason for this I dont
know. Maybe
>its the routines built into the ROM. I reallly dont know. But I have palyed
several
>games on both of the 82 and 83 and the games on the 82 are always
faster...its not
>just visual, you can tell when controlling that the 82 is faster also.
Penguins
>is a good example.  Thats my 2 cents.   :)
>---
>Jacob Boyce
>jboyce@mailexcite.com
>2140141 on ICQ
>>
>>I think the reason TI-83's seem slow is because the screen is
passive-matrix.
>>This means the screen blurs when fast motion occurs, and makes the game
*seem*
>
>>slower. In reality I think the 83 is as fast as or faster than an 82.
>
>
>
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