Subject: Re: [stella] question for z26 authors...frame timing From: ecwilkso@xxxxxxx Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 03:08:04 -0500 |
Quoting John Saeger <johnws8@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > I think we just ask SDL what time it is. Kinda boring. On dos it was > much more interesting. There was a timer chip with registers and > interrupt flags and stuff like that. I used to know it by heart. No > more... SDL? I don't know what that is. :( But the RTC ruled! (rules) That, and the interrupt controller. Never knew that one very well, but I used the RTC more than a few times. > Or just embed it in a web page. Like those color demos. I wonder if it > would work? OOH! Shiny! That might just work. But you'd have to have a relatively "new" internet connection to make it work reliably...a slow connection would mean dropped frames, "cheating" joysticks, and all kinds of generally bad stuff. :P -Chris PS. Merry Christmas everyone! And Happy Holidays in general. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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