[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Fansi-Console

bobmon@iuvax.UUCP (Bobmon) (02/03/88)

In article <11011@shemp.UCLA.EDU> jsin@CS.UCLA.EDU (John Sin) writes:
 - 
 - Hmmmm.  When I ftp a large file, the screen
 - will go blank, and then when ftp is done and writes on the screen to 
 - let you know, the screen will come back. I can sit across the room and 
 - ocassionally look at the screen to find out when ftp is done.
 - I use version 2.0 of fansi.

Mine may blank during transfers, but pops back (soon) when a "blocks
transmitted" display or something is updated.

 - But, I still have the problem of using the mouse-based programs,
 - whether or not I load the fconsole before loading the mouse driver.
 - Perhaps it can only detect non-graphical screen writes. Anyone know
 - how that works?

The on-disk doc. divides screen/keyboard use into hardware, ROM BIOS, and
MSDOS call approaches.  Fansi claims to replace the BIOS code, so it speeds
up console I/O which uses BIOS or MSDOS calls.  I don't think graphics is
affected.