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Re: Redraw Issue

• Posted by Igor Kachan <kinz at peterlink.ru> Aug 04, 2001
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Hi Euman,

> >   You have a bad videocard or a out of date video driver
> >   I have seen bad videocards that cause dots to appear on a control
> >   when a mouse is moved around on the screen and many other weird
> >   problems. Try changing your videocard to different number of
> >   colors and resolution. I've seen many problems with videocards
> >   bad drivers, bad video memory, bad video bios, etc.
> >
> >    The monitor is a outside possibility.
> > Bernie
> >
> >
> 
> You cant blame hardware when it works fine for other apps on the
> system..........<does this system have this problem constant with
> other apps?> if your answer is no then the code for the app
> is substandard.
> 
> I think this is common on machine with little processor left,
> things like firewalls, virus scanners and networks like IIs
> use alot of threads and take a mighty processor to allow
> other apps the time for things like redraws and such especially when
> your code isnt built for speed..
> 
> my theory is to double buffer images and hold the amounts of
> controls to a minimum on one client at a time..createing
> multiple dialog boxs are important for user interaction that allow
> clean, fast, smooth operation...
> 
> Comments:?
> 
> Euman
> 

There is no bad *hardware* in the World at all.
Hardware is the user's private property and
our software just 'leases' user's property.

Remember and remember again --
the native hardware for Windows 95
is 386 with 8M(4 minimum) RAM and HD
about 200-400M.

So, if our *Win32* program doesn't want run
on such the machine, we must say  ---
"ONLY for 486+Win98 and up"
"ONLY for 586+Win2000 and up"     ---
just to avoid any questions on a matter
of restrictions.

If we say Win32 - this is 386+, just as
*EXW.EXE* - EUPHORIA's Win32 platform
without *ANY* restrictions on the *latest*
hardware.

My 386-25Mhz runs rotozoom.ex (by Mic) at 7 f/s
when Mic's PII-450Mhz runs it at 70 f/s,
and I can try and use really good and useful
*Win32* software on my old good 386 without
any problems.

One my old friend uses 286-20Mhz 40M HD
and Rob Zale's great TurboBasic for scientific 
tasks about 15 years and doesn't want ever hear 
about professional looking Win & Co. I have TV
to see the best quality animated cartoons,
he says. :)

Just my point of view on hardware,
sorry Bernie.

Regards,
Igor Kachan
kinz at peterlink.ru