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Re: Broken Sprite?

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From: Larry Phillips
Date: Tue, 16 May 1989 03:19
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In <2254@tahoe.unr.edu>, roccom@tahoe.unr.edu (RoCCo mArtIn) writes:
>    I've noticed that using certain hacks such as "oing" and "friends"
> creates a character that is smeared vertically across the screen.  I'm
> assuming that these programs are using sprites of some kind.  Could
> someone please let me know what the problem could be???

Run Preferences and move your screen to the right, and a little below center.
With it too far left, you eat cycles that are needed by one of the sprites.
It's a very old problem, and first showed up for me when running MindWalker.

-larry

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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
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Subject: Re: Broken Sprite?
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