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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 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.

    Do you mean the 'idle' measurement thingy?  Cause that doesn't really have
anything to do with refreshing the display.  The only way I know of speeding up
the refresh in Win9x is to hold down a key (like Right control).  This makes
VGA programs run decenly in a box.

> > 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.

    I agree, but before any significant development happens, we need to know
what to develop.  I think it will be at least 1.5 (and at most 4) years before
it is clear what needs to be done.  I've recenly poked my head at CygWin, and
my _very_ limited view of it impressed me.  That may be where a lot of DJGPP
developers go if MS really does drop DOS completely.

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