Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!oliveb!dragon@olivej.atc.OLIVETTI.COM From: dragon@olivej.atc.OLIVETTI.COM (Give me a quarter or I'll touch you) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: JET! Message-ID: <26988@oliveb.olivetti.com> Date: 9 Aug 88 16:14:30 GMT References: <3736@omepd> Sender: news@oliveb.olivetti.com Lines: 43 In article <3736@omepd>, merlyn@intelob.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz @ Stonehenge) writes: > Main problem: the graphics are cool... too cool. There's just too > much for the poor ole' CPU to keep redrawing. And, while it is busy > taking the 0.8-1.2 seconds (!) to recompute the screen, you've zoomed > about 660 feet and possibly done 180 degrees of a barrel roll. No > way. Not anywhere's enough feedback. Heck, even the "auto-level" > mode can't move the stick fast enough to hold you steady!! And, > that's the computer making "perfect" calculations. > > I repeat. The program is a joke. Darn. I'd really hoped for the > next step up. Go get Harrier Attack if you wanna shoot down things > with a jet. I'll stick with Gunship for shooting, and FS-II for > flying. (And Carrier Command for complexity :-). It seems that the speed of JET is inversely proportional to the amount of memory one has on an ST. For instance, a friend and I tried JET on the various STs we have, and came up with the following: 520STfm, 512K: JET runs great, acceptably fast 1040STf, 1024K: a bit slow--playable, but most won't like it 1040STf, 2.5MB: much slower than 1 meg, unacceptable Mega 4, 4MB: way too slow. For launching, one screen refresh when you start, another when you are in the air. *Very* unacceptable. We haven't tried running any reset-proof ramdisks or such to resize apparent memory. I'll report on this as soon as the attempt is made. > -- > Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 > on contract to BiiN Technical Publications (for now :-), Hillsboro, Oregon >or ...!tektronix!ogcvax!omepd!intelob!merlyn > Standard disclaimer: I *am* my employer! ---- Dean Brunette {ucbvax,etc.}!hplabs!oliveb!olivej!dragon Olivetti Advanced Technology Center _____ _____ __|__ _____ 20300 Stevens Creek Blvd. | | _____| | | Cupertino, CA 95014 |_____| |_____| |__ |_____ "Move inside my daydream, like fingers in a glove; Dancing round and round and round and round and round with love!" --The Glove