Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/11/09:38:18
On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote:
> In article <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970210221347 DOT 285t-100000 AT capslock DOT com>,
> mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca writes
> >> OK, but for each one that *you've* used that has automatic ANSI
> >> emulation, there are plenty of others that don't have it.
> >
> >Granted. However, since there are a lot of FREE programs out
> >there *with* ANSI support built in, there is no need not to
> >upgrade. Besides, no-one is saying that ANSI.SYS should be
> >eliminated at all, just that it shouldn't be built into the OS.
> >Since less and less programs rely on ANSI.SYS for anything, it
> >makes little sense to build it into the OS and force it onto
> >everyone. I *DO* however think it would be cool as a compile
> >option! I think ALL DOS drivers should have the option of being
> >built in with a recompile.
>
> Which is exactly what I said when I first mentioned the idea. Glad you
> see it my way... ;-)
Good, we agree then. Now we just have to get Gene to work double
shifts and get the sources out. :o)
> Just like with Linux, you can compile your own copy of the kernel to
> your liking to work with optimium efficiency, it would be nice to do the
> same with DOS.
It would be WONDERFUL to have that level of configurability with
DOS! I can't wait! I just hope that it doesn't effect 3rd party
software compatibility.
Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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