From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Sat, 1 Feb 1997 09:36:40 -0500 (EST)
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To:	"Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] A more ordered fixlist
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On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote:

> >I think that when the sources are released that COMMAND.COM will come
> >to resemble a strange (but awesome) mix of 4DOS and bash.  Also, just
> >FYI, NDOS is just an *older* version of 4DOS which was licensed from
> >JPsoft to Symantec for the Norton Utilities.
> 
> One of the first things I will do is Direct screen writes, regardless of
> portability.  Who gives a s***, I want it fast on my PC... ;-)

RIGHT ON!!!!  Thats the good olefashioned PC user attitude I like to
hear!!!  I HATE programs that do screen output like this:

write("C:\>");

then write() calls superprint() which calls DOS which has been
intercepted by ANSI.SYS, then the BIOS, then... ...zzzzzz...

4DOS does direct writes (depending on how you set it up).



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