From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:39:52 -0400
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Subject: Re: djgpp: djgpp/src/libc/posix/termios/tmwrite.c
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> The upshot of this is that you need to call a special function (see
> refreshvirtualscreen on conio.c) to signal DOS/V that it should update
> the actual screen from its virtual contents at 0xb800 or wherever.

> OTOH, if only BIOS functions are used to
> write text and move cursor, this problem is irrelevant to termios.

Then perhaps DOS/V should use the all-BIOS support (when added) so the direct 
access code doesn't have to deal with this complication.

Mark