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From: cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
Newsgroups: alt.sources.d
Subject: Re: Stevie (vi clone)
Keywords: stevie
Message-ID: <uJ2eo1w162w@cybrspc>
Date: 24 Aug 90 16:12:41 GMT
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Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN
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bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes:

> FWIW, v3.69 has many functional improvements over v3.68.  For MSDOS users,
> it also supports BIOS video, which is less pelasing (to me) but faster.

(ahem. I've moved this to alt.sources.d to give the source postings more
breathing room :-)

I've played about pretty extensively with Stevie 3.69 whilst modifying
it for BBS use (under MS-DOS). I have compiled both with and without
BIOS video writes. The non-BIOS routines are _significantly_ faster on
my machine. The only difference I can see is that BIOS video doesn't
require the NANSI driver. Perhaps I just have a lethargic BIOS?
--
    Roy M. Silvernail   | #include <stdio.h>                 | Does virtual
    now available at:   | main(){                            | reality need
 cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu |  float x=1;                        | swap space?
(cyberspace... be here!)|  printf("Just my $%.2f.\n",x/50);} | -- me