Re: New Paintworks $C2 Animations

[stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)]

In article <1993Jan11.102528.12915@nuscc.nus.sg> isc10327@nusunix1.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE) writes:
>
>	Steven, I saw a $C2 animation being run on DreamGrafix and boy
>wasn't it jerky compared to being run with Jason Harper's AnimShow
>program.  Is that due to DG's large overhead or what?  I noticed that
>the tearing is especially noticeable since the file updates almost full
>screen at each frame.

	How big was the animation, and how much memory did the machine
have?

	From the way it sounds, it sounds as if DG was using the
virtual memory player.  Which simply means it loads in the animation a
chunck at a time, and plays it that way.  The virtual memory player is
used, if DG can't get enough memory.

	Other than that, DG should be just as fast as anishow,
although I haven't checked out anishow.



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