Date: 19 Dec 90 16:59:25 GMT
From: noao!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!news@arizona.edu (Frank E. Seipel)
Subject: Fast Print -- an E: accelerator
To: Info-Atari8@naucse.cse.nau.edu

 Uuencoded on the Unix; type uudecode <source> dest and download. Rename
resultant .OBJ file as AUTORUN.SYS on your Atari disk. This program speeds
up output to your screen by about 300%. To disable, use POKE 846,0.  To disable
the "HIT ANY KEY TO CONTINUE" prompt which is displayed at the end of each
page of screen output, POKE 847,0. To enable either of these features,
POKE the respective location with 1; the program defaults to turning both
on. Some notes: POSITION x,y no longer works after loading this routine.
Although it puts the cursor on the proper y location, the x coordinate is
always zero. Also it will not improve speed with some programs -- most notably,
those that write to screen memory directly, such as Action! and many popular
word processors. It will work with Basic. There is no need to load it before
Bobterm because Bobterm already has a screen accelerator. Finally, since the
program resides on page 6 it is not compatible with many other programs.