Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/21/12:43:58
Sorry for the delay; I've been out of town.
Mike Harris said:
>You neglected to quote my full message. I stated that ls in
>Linux runs faster than DIR in DOS. Meaning that DIR in DOS uses
>direct screen writes (ala 4DOS). Therefore either ls uses direct
>screen writes in Linux, or else the Linux term I/O routines are
>faster than the 16 bit code used in DOS/4DOS. My entire point
>being that Linux doesn't necessarily HAVE to have direct writes
>to be fast.
I don't think COMMAND.COM needs direct screen writes to have a fast DIR, either.
A really good console device driver should be able to make DOS blazing fast
as well. As an example of a really good DOS console driver, take a look at
FANSI-Console.
>Naw, I'll just use Linux. Oh, and I'll code direct screen
>writing into COMMAND.COM.
Have fun.
Roger Ivie
ivie AT cc DOT usu DOT edu
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