Re: A86: calc-Off, fonts, user interrupt routine

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Subject: Re: A86: calc-Off, fonts, user interrupt routine
From: Grams Family <grams@netcarrier.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 06:45:47
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At 07:24 PM 12/16/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Grams Family wrote:
>
>> NOTE: The user fonts are MUCH slower than the default fonts, as they have a
>> couple of page changes.
>
>That's not the only reason.  For user fonts, the ROM code does a linear
>search through the font data to find the letter to print.  For the default
>fonts, the ROM code just does a table lookup.
>
Good point! I didn't think the page changes would slow it down that much,
but I forgot about the search.

--Joshua

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A86: calc-Off, fonts, user interrupt routine

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