July MicroTimes
11-Jul-86 23:47:39
Sb: #26278-July MicroTimes
Fm: SYSOP*Tom Hudson 76703,4224
To: Charles Hendrix 73637,155
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I agree with you on the text — for some reason the ST's text is awfully
slow. Might speed up with a blitter (hope, hope!). I also agree about
sprites. I loved them on the Atari 800, and they'd be nice to have
available. It's a royal pain to have to hide the cursor every time you do a
plot to the screen…
By the way, the ST _can_ mix graphics modes on the screen (take a look at
"The Pawn" — they did some neat tricks that surprised a lot of people (who
knows how much processor time it eats, though!)