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MCGA Vertical Panning/Windowing

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From: Southern
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 20:44
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Some games I have seen seem to scroll through a buffer in a window on the 
screen. I have experimented with the Start Hi/Lo registers and so on, but
I can't figure out how they can scroll in a window like that.. What I'd
like to be able to do is have a vertical scroll in say a 300x150 window
centered on the screen. What is the best method to update the buffer for
the scrolling? I have tried storing a long image in memory and moving it
one chunk (4 rows of 320 pixels) at a time to the invisible part of the
buffer during the scroll. I can't find a better way to do it. I'd really
like to learn more about this sort of programming and this newsgroup has
been the best place to learn.
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From: southern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Southern)
Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer
Subject: MCGA Vertical Panning/Windowing
Message-ID: <1992Oct9.164412.916@newstand.syr.edu>
Date: 9 Oct 92 20:44:12 GMT
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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