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From: saj%yipeia@Sun.COM (Windows Testing)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: nnansi problems
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Date: 20 Jun 89 16:47:47 GMT
References: <WWC.89Jun16102728@boole.ece.wisc.edu> <5385@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
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In article <5385@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes:
>In article <WWC.89Jun16102728@boole.ece.wisc.edu> wwc@boole.ece.wisc.edu (William W. Carlson) writes:
>>
>>Well, I have a bug, even after setting the "nice" option.  It is
>>demonstrated by procomm plus, but I'd bet it shows up elswhere.  To
>>repeat, set the nice option, recompile, reboot, go into procomm plus,
>>and type exit (Alt-X).  Notice that the lines surrounding the box
>>asking you to exit are not quite right.  The vertical lines are made
>>of the wrong characters! Any Ideas?  This is on an AT clone with an
>>EGA display

I have an AT clone with a VGA setup.  I get the right characters, but
in the wrong colors (This is just on the double vertical bars that are
used in the Procomm+ menus and window borders.  Sorry, I forgot the character
code and I don't have a reference with me).  I noticed strange color
behavior in other programs as well.

I have been using QUIKANSI without any problems.

Any clues?!?

>I don't have Procomm+ to check, but it could be caused by the option
>takeBIOS being TRUE.  In this case, nnansi processes BIOS calls to write
>characters (and processes ANSI escape sequences).  If Procomm+ is writing
>to the screen using the BIOS call, but expects the ESC character to print
>as what-ever IBM special character is a 27, then things will be messed up!
>
>
>Tom Almy
>toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com
>I wrote it (from nansi.sys)

I would like to commend Tom on his good work.  NNANSI is VERY fast and
I finally found something that invokes 43 line mode that works!


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