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From: henderso@utcsri.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ANSI device driver
Message-ID: <5261@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Aug-87 10:04:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: utcsri.5261
Posted: Mon Aug 17 10:04:58 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 18-Aug-87 01:41:57 EDT
References: <5138@j.cc.purdue.edu> <1337@killer.UUCP>
Reply-To: henderso@utcsri.UUCP (Mark C. Henderson)
Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Lines: 30
Keywords: FANSICONSOLE ansi.sys ANSI
Summary: 

In article <1337@killer.UUCP> clark@killer.UUCP (Clark Brown) writes:
>In article <5138@j.cc.purdue.edu>, aip@j.cc.purdue.edu (Bret Johnson) writes:
>>      Does anyone know if the ANSI driver that is included with MS-DOS is a 
>> full implementation of the ANSI standard.  I have a copy of the standard and
>> it lists about three times as many command sequences as does my DOS manual.
>The ansi.sys driver is a severe subset of the total standard.  There is a
>replacement for it that is pseudo-freeware and is Excellent.  It implements
>the full standard, speeds up screen access, has many optional features.

Fansiconsole also has some problems. First, it is incompatible with a lot
of software. Second it takes about 40K of memory away from the space
usable under DOS. In summary, its a mixed blessing.
-- 

Mark C. Henderson
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1

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