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Re: *REFRESH

From	Colin McDonagh <colmcdonagh@btinternet.com>
Subject	Re: *REFRESH
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Date	2012-03-22 20:00 +0000
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In article <almarsoft.1276196108028896754@news.orange.fr>,
   Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:23:56 +0000 (GMT), Colin McDonagh 
> <colmcdonagh@btinternet.com> wrote:

> > In BBC BASIC for Windows, there is a star command *REFRESH that 
> forces a
> > screen refresh.

> > Which gives smooth animation.

> Typically you would define two screen banks and draw into one while 
> displaying the other. You can use WAIT to wait until the next screen 
> scan, so swapping banks doesn't result in flicker.


Thanks Rick,

JG has also sugested this.

Regards

Colin.

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*REFRESH Colin McDonagh <colmcdonagh@btinternet.com> - 2012-03-21 21:23 +0000
  Re: *REFRESH jgharston <jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-21 15:39 -0700
    Re: *REFRESH jgharston <jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-21 15:42 -0700
      Re: *REFRESH Colin McDonagh <colmcdonagh@btinternet.com> - 2012-03-22 19:56 +0000
  Re: *REFRESH Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-22 06:42 +0100
    Re: *REFRESH Colin McDonagh <colmcdonagh@btinternet.com> - 2012-03-22 20:00 +0000

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