toma@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) (05/08/91)
I plan to be releasing an revised NNANSI.SYS Real Soon Now, and am looking for any suggestions from current users for changes. The current version is 8/90 (August 1990). Currently the new version differs in the following respects: 1. Default distribution has fast mode and graphics cursor turned off to reduce the number of "RTFM" bug reports. Those users that read the manual will be able to run in fast mode. 2. Extra display controllers supported. Most popular ones will be supplied as preassembled .sys files so that most users not having Turbo Assembler will not be left out. 3. NNANSI identifies itself as "ANSI.SYS" to COMMAND.COM so that the CLS command will work properly in other than 80/40 x 25 mode. (This is a problem with DOS 4.0, and probably will be with DOS 5.0; no problem using 4DOS, though). 4. NNANSI is compatible with the DOS 4.0 mode command, allowing "mode con" to work -- this is the "approved" way to change text display lines/columns. I'm also considering changing bios_write_tty to FALSE for compatibility reasons (again reducing "RTFM" problems), but am currently undecided on this one. If you have any suggestions for improvements/changes, please write! Tom Almy toma@sail.labs.tek.com Standard Disclaimers Apply -- Tom Almy toma@sail.labs.tek.com Standard Disclaimers Apply