From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: WARNING: DOS is about to die.
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On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Endlisnis wrote:

> And I find it very annoying how slow the screen-updates
> are on an NT machine running something like RHIDE.  (it's no fault of the
> program, it's NT waiting too long).

At least on Windows 9X there is a way to control how frequently does
Windows refresh the DOS box.  I don't know if it works on NT.

> I doubt that DOS will dissapear
> altogether, but I do suspect that DJGPP will change _dramatically_
> in the next 5 years.

Unless we start a significant development effort real soon, this isn't
going to happen.  DJGPP doesn't develop itself, it needs volunteers to
make it happen.

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