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From: nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: FANSI vs. NANSI
Message-ID: <9278@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Oct-87 14:24:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: ut-sally.9278
Posted: Wed Oct 14 14:24:50 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Oct-87 02:10:14 EDT
References: <3004@whuts.UUCP>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
Lines: 22
Keywords: Much diff?
Summary: nansi works good like a screendriver should

In article <3004@whuts.UUCP>, dab@whuts.UUCP (Batman) writes:
> I've got a general question.
> 
> Thru experiences, I've discovered that Fansi can really munge up
> some stuff.  
> 
> I haven't used Nansi much, but does anyone know how well it works?

I've used nansi.sys for over a year and have had no trouble with it at all,
except for a reversed test that caused a hangup only on Hercules graphics
cards (since fixed).  It is fast and very capable, so long as you use
the included utility code to set DOS to "raw" mode.  Using a write() from
C, it can paint a full screen on an 8088 mono display faster than you can
see it happen.

Also, it isn't shareware -- Dan Kegel, the author, contributed it to the
public domain.
-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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