[comp.sys.ibm.pc] console device drivers

kthompso@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (Ken Thompson) (06/16/89)

I have been using a commercially available console device driver,
(not supplied with DOS), for over a year now with no problem.
I like the speed that it updates the screen, etc.
When I installed the new wordstar 5.5 I found they were not compatible.
Trying ansi.sys did not help, it cannot handle all the strings I want
programmed into function keys.
Nansi.sys had a problem, that I cannot recall at the moment, and 
nnansi.sys is not compatible with a terminal program I must use to 
access a certain database.

So...
	Can anyone point me to a(some) console device driver(s) that might
be tried. 	
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Ken Thompson     N0ITL  
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mregeste@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM (Mark Regester) (06/23/89)

In article <370@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM>, kthompso@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (Ken Thompson) writes:
# 
# I have been using a commercially available console device driver,
# (not supplied with DOS), ... 
# 
# Trying ansi.sys did not help, it cannot handle all the strings I want
# programmed into function keys.
#
# 	Can anyone point me to a(some) console device driver(s) that might
# be tried. 	
# -- 
# Ken Thompson     N0ITL  
#  ... 

As I recall, there is only a limited amount of memory for storing function
key definitions created using the "prompt" command.  Using nansi.sys or 
increasing the environment space will not solve the problem.  

If there is a way to overcome this, I am interested also.  Please post.

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