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From: mregeste@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM (Mark Regester)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: console device drivers
Summary: Only a limited amount of memory for function key definitions
Message-ID: <5392@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM>
Date: 23 Jun 89 15:57:29 GMT
References: <370@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM>
Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita, KS
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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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