From:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject:	Re: console mode and \r, \n, etc.
3 Dec 1998 11:10:38 -0800 :
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To:	cygwin developers <cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com>

---Christopher Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:
>
> I'm investigating Corinna's problems with console mode stuff.
> 
<snip>
>
> So my question is, does anybody object to doing "character at a time"
> reads on the console?  This will slow down console reads slightly but
> I'm hoping to get as much right as possible with console input.  For
one
> thing, I think I've identified the consistently reported problem of
> cursor keys not working on Windows 95.  That should be fixable.

I've had the cursor key problem on NT 3.51 when working directory is
the floppy drive.  It seems that it has to do with the speed with
which interupts are handled.  The floppy being slower causes the
problem.

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