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From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: What is Ansi.sys??
Message-ID: <1991Jan2.131247.28267@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 2 Jan 91 13:12:47 GMT
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In article <1990Dec29.001119.23278@xrtll.uucp>, silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver) says:
>
>In article <1990Dec27.181717.6231@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin) writes:
>$Well, I'm definately not saying that they are the most advanced technically,
>$but I wouldn't call them not terribly useful either.
>
>   I didn't either.

Hmmm, I don't have the original post, but my response to your first message
did say:

$I'm sorry, I must respond the the "not terribly" useful quote above. In '85

I quoted your "not terribly" from your original post.

>
>$>   Those are handled by the user's comm software rather than by ansi.sys.
>$Hmmm, I don't know if that's true for all packages. I had a few calls from
>$people wondering why they had all these funny arrows on their screen.
>
>   You're probably right, though it's also possible that they were using
>another terminal emulation.
>
>$I notice you didn't mention the third item at all. I assume that you are familiar
>$with programs that run on different platforms? 
>
>   Yup.  I've actually met one.  They're not terribly common, either.

Really? Which one was it? I have 8 or 9 just sitting here on my computer. In 
fact I'm using a DOS based Windows News Reader that ports to the MAC 
(Realizing, of course, that it has nothing to do with ansi).

There are four games that I can name that port between UNIX/VMS/DOS/MAC/Amiga
and god knows what else (NetHack and all it's versions, Moria, Larn, and Omega).
Zip is available on UNIX and DOS (and others too). ZOO is available on other 
platforms. 


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Carl Schelin
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