A86: Re: _vputs at lightspeed

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Subject: A86: Re: _vputs at lightspeed
From: "David Phillips" <david@acz.org>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 22:08:06 -0600
References: <38127A2E.E5BB8C27@oregontrail.net>
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org


While it would be faster to write your own, using _vputs in an interrupt
routine would probably be best, due to size and other matters.  I have used
it for stuff like a clock, and it works just fine.  Shouldn't be a problem.


>
> Just how slow is _vputs?  I'm guessing it is slow enough that if I were
> to put a call to it in an interrupt routine, it would REALLY slow down
> the calc.  Right?  How much faster would it be if I were to draw the
> sprites of individual letters?  (I'm drawing 3 letters every interrupt)
>
> So, going in that direction then, where in the ROM is the sprite table
> for all the variable width characters?
>
> Cassady Roop
> ti86prgm.freeservers.com
>
>

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A86: _vputs at lightspeed

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