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From: chapman@sco.COM (Brian Chapman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: EGA under Xenix
Message-ID: <853@fiasco.sco.COM>
Date: 19 Jul 89 01:24:12 GMT
References: <24BA49F2.25742@ateng.com> <1147@infovax.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de>
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In article <1147@infovax.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) writes:

>1. Is the Xenix console driver (SCO 286 Xenix 2.2.1) good enough to
>   recognize the 43 lines and to use them properly ?

Not untill 2.3.  Where there is command "vidi e80x43" to put
an EGA video multiscreen into 80x43 mode.

>2. Because in graphics modes a mouse is often useful, I am interested
>   in info about the hardware protocol of the Microsoft serial mouse

2.3 also has an event driver and support for several of the
common mices, including the MS serial mouse.
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Brian Chapman		uunet!sco!chapman	SCO UNIX 3.2 Development