Re: SPEED
Posted by: friedo <friedo@...>
> Will FB3 support some sort of SPEED control that sets the rate at which
> text characters are sent to the display screen or other input/output
> devices?
>
I find the best way to control speed is by throwing a dummy loop in
somewhere. For example, suppose I want to slow down the operation of FN
doSomethingSlowly.
LOCAL FN doSomethingSlowly
FOR blegh = 1 TO 100
FN DoCoolAnimationEffects
FOR dummy% = 1 to 100 'dummy loop to waste time
NEXT
NEXT
END FN
Of course, this gets unpredictable as machines get faster, so instead, you
could do:
LOCAL FN doSomethingSlowly
FOR blegh = 1 to 100
FN DoCoolAnimationEffects
DELAY delaytime% 'delay specified num of ticks
NEXT
END FN
> Applesoft BASIC had this little gem. It was great for kids programs.
>
> EXAMPLE:
> Slowest: SPEED = 0 Fastest: SPEED = 255
>
> Thanks.
> _Larry
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