From: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 21:39:25 -0500 (EST)
To: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] Was: A more ordered fixlist Now: Memory mapped video is cool?
In-Reply-To: <$YG45PAFv88yEw2t@darkblak.demon.co.uk>
Message-Id: <Pine.NXT.3.95.970201213752.23602A-100000@eagle1>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Precedence: bulk

I'm all for having the option to make all of opendos
scZr+|Gjp\_[_On Sat, 1 Feb 1997,
Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote:

> 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
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ian 'DrDebug' Day         | Email:           Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
> Dark Black Software Ltd.  | WWW:      http://www.darkblak.demon.co.uk
> The Home of MrDebug       | Dark Knight BBS & Fax: +44 (0)1480 471465
> (THE Clipper debugger)    | Tel:                   +44 (0)1480 403104
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> Turnpike evaluation. For information, see http://www.turnpike.com/
> 


jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>