Sorry to drag this on, but this thread brought back some memories!
> Which means it works similar to turning the monitor buttons instead of
> moving bytes :)
Pulling down a screen on the Amiga to reveal another one behind it (like
DPaint or something) was one of the most intuitive things I ever did on
a computer, and the smoothness of scrolling is a lie, there was no
scrolling at all! It was all real! If I didn't know any better, it just
felt like I was really pulling that screen down with my hands...
Unbelievable. It took me years to get "comfortable" with Windows'
window-style.
Two things I really missed from day one on Windows: (1) seperate screens
for programs, and (2) menu at the top of the screen always!
Damn, it's the niceties like that, that I miss... ;o)
Regards,
Rachid
PS. Come to think of it, another thing I missed: inserting a floppy and
having an icon appear for it on the desktop... Ah well...
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 27-Aug-2000/1:50:58+3:00
> > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >
> > > I am an amigan and so I came to PC area from the world of very
> > > smooth scrolling. Every PC man should go and look at original
> > > screen dragging on Amiga. Smooth even on 14Mhz Amiga 500 (or was
it
> > > even 7 Mhz? :-) IIRC it was hardware supported feature, but not
> > > sure.
> >
> > A500 was using 68000 running at 7MHz. Screendragging was done on
> > hardware using copper to change som gfx-registers on the fly. Holger
> > sure can explain better :)
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
> Volker
>
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