Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 06:46:10 -0600 (MDT)
From: Roger Ivie <IVIE AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>
Subject: [opendos] COMMAND.COM enhancement
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OK, I've been thinking about it and I finally have my objections to modifying
COMMAND.COM so that it does direct screen writes down to a few simple
statements. Here goes:

Why is it that when we're speaking of Linux, it's A Good Thing to have
device independence, yet when we're speaking of DOS it's suddenly A Good Thing
for every program to lug around half a dozen video drivers?

If you want to improve the performance of OpenDOS screen writes, put the
improvement where it belongs: in the console device driver.

Roger Ivie
ivie AT cc DOT usu DOT edu