mjb224@uiucuxf.CSO.UIUC.EDU (10/19/86)
Has anyone had any experience with the MS-DOS program FLICKERFREE? This is a
resident package that rewrites the video BIOS in ram for blinding speed. It is
also supposed to eliminate the flicker associated with scrolling on color
monitors and allows you to change the foreground and background colors of DOS.
The flicker and color benefits are of little value to me since I use a
monochrome monitor. The publishers of FLICKERFREE make the claim of 200% -
1500% video speed increase. I am sure that this would give some breathtakingly
fast directory listings and file listings, but is the overall working speed of
the system improved to any great extent? I almost ordered a copy (for $39 it
seems pretty reasonable) but reconsidered when I couldn't think of more than a
handful of applications that are display-bound. Maybe I am underestimating the
time I spend TYPE-ing files and doing DIR-ectories. I would appreciate any
recommendations or feedback on the matter.
If you have never heard of such a product, the address of the publisher is
Gibson Research
9 Lago Sud
Irvin, Ca.
92715
714-854-1520
Also see their ad in the back pages of InfoWorld.
Thanks in advance,
Mike Bruno
The University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
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