[SDL] Hickup on Classic MacOS

[Michael Vanecek]

I think I figured out the slight hesitation on the little testsprite 
program (which part of my explorative app is based on) - when the 
program starts up, the files stdout and stderr are created in the 
directory and that coincides with the slight hickups. The files are 
empty - it seems that even though printf isn't being called, the files 
are formed anyway. Any way around this? Or do I just do something 
non-animated for a moment to cover up the hickup?

Cheers,
Mike

Michael Vanecek wrote:

> I re-initialized the disk on the Rev-C iMac, upgraded to MacOS 9.0 and 
> reinstalled everything and went into SDL-devel and the test progs 
> compiled with nary a problem. I can't say whether it was a problem with 
> the old MacOS 8.5, or whatever the previous owner had done to it. I plan 
> on upgrading the RAM to 512Mb (from 96 now) and the harddrive to a 40 or 
> 60 Gb and drool over all the neat SDL stuff on Mac.
> 
> One Q - the testsprite application has a slight hickup just as it starts 
> up before resuming animation - it starts, stops briefly and then 
> continues. An app I've been putting together to teach myself SDL (using 
> some of this and some of that) also does the same thing. I'm using the 
> basic SDL_Getticks() function on my learning application. Could the Mac 
> be hesitating to do the math once it all starts, or is there something 
> else I should be aware of (Mac quirks like Endian stuff or math stuff?). 
> Another possibility is that it takes an extra moment to load the event 
> functions which are after all the images and animations are loaded...
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
> 


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