From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 10:16:13 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] A more ordered fixlist In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote: > Nah, because COMMAND.COM is still using interupts to write with, which > goes *through* the BIOS, which can itself be redirected. If you're > lucky you have it mapped so it's a little quicker, but if COMMAND.COM > just wrote DIRECTLY to the screen it would be phenominal. Agreed. > Also, I'd suggest an ANSI that is built into COMMAND.COM, what do you > all think to that? Of course, it would be an OPTION! NO!!!! What use is ANSI.SYS nowadays anyways? I'm not asking this to get flamed, just because I know of no uses for it anymore. I used to use it to switch to 50 line mode, and use color in batch files, and a few other things. Now I use a 17 byte non-tsr program which I've written to switch to 50 line mode, I use 4DOS for color in batch files, and to redefine the keyboard safely, and I use special viewers to view ANSI files. As for using DOS via a serial port (which used to be the other reason I needed ANSI.SYS) I now use DOS over serial/modem via DOSemu with no ANSI.SYS. What use does ANSI.SYS really have anymore? I'm not suggesting in any way to get rid of it either, just asking because I don't know. Also, as for it being a builtin option, I hope that you mean a COMPILE time option :o) Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Want Wordperfect for Linux? Visit Caldera's website: www.caldera.com