> (or click http://tinyurl.com/3dsuq )
>
> It says
> To move the mouse cursor without flickering, both the Mac and the Apple III code used a vertical blanking interrupt, which drew the cursor during the time interval when no video was being painted.
[snip]
>
> But, given my experience w/ the 2600, I don't understand how you
> draw *anything* during VBLANK...almost by definition!
>
> Anyone know what they mean, and how it would relate to my experience
> on the 2600?
Just a thought...could they mean "draw the cursor" to video memory
or something like that, as opposed to the literal video signal? That
occured to me after I sent this...
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