Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 09:59:06 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32
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On Tue, 11 Feb 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> 
> > > > > SYS$DISKDRIVENUMBER1:[UTILS\NORTON]> SYS$DISKDRIVENUMBER2:
> > If you're going to create that much labor, make it a popup window for
> > switching drives!  ;)
> 
> Yeah, a popup window built into COMMAND.COM that only works on
> the 80x50 screen in text mode, and does DIRECT screen writes to
> the VGA screen at 0xB800.  For speed purposes of course.  Also,
> it modifies some palette registers too and plays a wav file
> through your soundblaster.  :o)  I guess it would suck to have a
> DEC rainbow at this point eh?  :o)

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I would think that the popup would have to conform to doog programming
practive and not muck with prior settings. ;)  

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