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From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Screen savers for SCO Sys V/386 Console?
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Date: 20 Nov 89 17:50:21 GMT
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swatt@cup.portal.com (Steven Edward Watt) writes:


>Unfortunately, that doesn't help for the programs that don't know how
>to re-draw their screens...  Hence more goo for the kernel.


Not really.  Remember, the kernel already supports saving the entire
screen via the Multiscreen utility.  All that is really needed is to
save the current screen in an extra buffer (if it is not already saved)
and blank out the screen until ANY key is pressed.  This will involve
linking together the keyboard and the console drivers, something that
the designers at SCO aren't too thrilled about doing.


JB
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