Acbosgd.2022 net.games utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Mon Feb 8 08:12:04 1982 Re: Faster PACMAN for VAX I've also been working on PACMAN and found that the biggest problems are (1) lack of a partial second sleep, and (2) over-use of cursor addressing. The first problem is hard and requires either operating system mods or a busy wait (I've been working on an improved CPU loop based nap routine), the second problem is easily solved by using curses (which, despite the makefile, it did not use when I got it). In particular, at 1200 baud it makes a world of difference if you use curses. Since the screen access is well parameterized in three macros, it takes only about an hour to put in curses if you know what you are doing. Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.