Patent ID: 6222562
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A display process for displaying predetermined image data in a computer that includes a processor and a video system having a video memory, with the video system having at least one video mode, with each video mode designating a portion of said video memory as a visible portion and another portion as a non-visible portion, comprising the steps of:after a save-in-non-volatile-memory command, selecting a video mode with at least a predetermined amount of video memory in said non-visible portion;writing contents from a block of a fast memory to said non-visible portion of said video memory, said fast memory having an access time that is less than an access time for said video memory;writing said predetermined image data into said block of said fast memory;processing said predetermined image data from said fast memory;writing said processed predetermined image data to said video memory.