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Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 23:03:33 +0000
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From: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Was: A more ordered fixlist Now: Memory mapped video is cool?
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In article <01IEWDYXZORS90TL6Z AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>, Roger Ivie <IVIE AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>
writes
>Iam 'DrDebug' Day wrote:
>>In article <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970201093351 DOT 4180A-100000 AT capslock DOT com>,
>>mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca writes
>>>On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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... ;-)
>
>I, for one, give a s***. First, it won't work on the VT52 I have hanging
>off my serial port. Second, it won't work on embedded systems which use a
>serial console instead of a video board. Why the f*** should I have to design
>video and a keyboard interface into a black box that sits on an airplane and
>logs chatter between the avionics boxes? It's just a pain to have to lug 
>around a monitor and a keyboard just because the thing runs DOS.

As I mentioned to a previous complaint about my statement, if I or
anyone else were to provide a direct option, the it would be just that
'an option', so if you didn't use it, then everything would remain
uneffected.

I simply mean, that it would be nice to be able to have the option to
make it SCREAM!  ;-)

>> 2) No matter how fast machines get, DOS can only manage to do a DIR at
>> 8088 crawl speed.......
>
>By the way, there are (or at least used to be) some really good fast console
>drivers. FANSI Console, for example, is blazing fast and still does ANSI
>terminal emulation.

I know that, but I said DOS.  Just out of the box without us having to
goad it into performing a little more.

DrDebug

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