Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!jade!ucbvax!hplabs!well!ewhac From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Screen goes black Message-ID: <4677@well.UUCP> Date: 9 Dec 87 09:22:37 GMT References: <2108@crash.cts.com> Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Organization: The Leo Schwab Home for Wayward Computers Lines: 26 In article <2108@crash.cts.com> haitex@pnet01.cts.com (Wade Bickel) writes: > I am using non-intuition screens to achieve a static double buffer > effect. Basically, I create two View/ViewPort/RasInfo/BitMaps, and > then switch between them. The switching is handled by a copper > generated interrupt. [ ... ] You're trying to do 3D, aren't ya? I happen to know that you're in quasi-competition with us, so I'm not at liberty to disclose any information I may have. :-) :-) > How does LoadView work? > It updates GfxBase, then stuffs some registers in the chips. > Any idea what is going on? [ ... ] Yes. :-) HINT: Use VBLANK instead; it's easier to work with. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape ihnp4!ptsfa -\ \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: dual ---> !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor