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Subject: Re: CXL ?
Message-ID: <1990Dec5.121332.27057@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 5 Dec 90 12:13:32 GMT
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In article <6202@videovax.tv.tek.com>, dougs@videovax.tv.tek.com (Doug Stevens) says:
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>In article <1990Dec3.141402.1609@abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov>, jcburt@no1sun.larc.nasa.gov (John Burton) writes:
>> ... could someone tell me precisely what CXL is and what it can be used for...
>> 
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>As a corollary, does the CXL library support graphics mode? I've got a
>rather old demo disk, but all it shows is text mode. 

CXL is a text based windowing library. It has EMS, Mouse, String, Keyboard, Video and
Windowing functions along with some misc equipment type functions. It's one of the
few packages that I felt good enough to register. I haven't gotten around to upgrading
to the most current version (5.5). It was originally written by Mike Smedley (I think
that's right) and sold to someone in Pennsylvania. I received an announcement 
about a month ago. I don't have any of the information about the new package other
that it is supposed to be completely rewritten in asm.

Carl Schelin
tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu