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From: rogers@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Brynn Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: VI for DOS
Keywords: dos,vi,clones,nansi
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Date: 31 Aug 89 14:19:59 GMT
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In article <1079@neptune.AMD.COM> kevin@neptune.AMD.COM (Kevin Tomasek) writes:
>Also,  What is a nansi.sys
 
   ( what is a TSR and what is curses have been answered well already )

   ANSI.SYS is a device driver that you install with the DEVICE=ANSI.SYS line
in your CONFIG.SYS file.  It comes with MSDOS and PCDOS.

   NANSI.SYS is a NEW ANSI.SYS that has a number of added capabilitys and
operates much faster.  It is shareware or PD.

   NNANSI.SYS is a NEW NEW ANSI.SYS  that is even better than NANSI.
It was posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc a couple of months ago and should
be available on many machines. (grape.ecs.clarkson.edu, simtel20.army.mil)
It has the advantage that it uses tricks to scroll the screen at a much
greater rate.  Also, it comes with source (assembly language).
NNANSI.SYS also handles strange video modes, like 56x100 text,
or any other that you can put your vidieo card in.

There are also many others: FANSI.SYS, ZANSI.SYS, EANSI.SYS that have
about the same capabilitys of NANSI.SYS.


 Brynn Rogers    Honeywell S&RC        rogers@src.honeywell.com
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