Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!hc!lll-winken!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Devin_E_Ben-Hur From: Devin_E_Ben-Hur@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: DOS is fast? followup Message-ID: <18107@cup.portal.com> Date: 8 May 89 16:46:06 GMT References: <8202@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 11 > Argh. I went and shot my mouth off, handily forgetting that, at least > in the case of the video, it is more the BIOS's fault than DOS. So, let > me expand the question: Is there anything that DOS and/or the BIOS are > generally recognized as being GOOD at? > > James W. Birdsall jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU jwbirdsa@pucc.BITNET They're both very GOOD at making life difficult for PeeCee programmers. :-) Devin_Ben-Hur@Cup.Portal.Com ...ucbvax!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!devin_ben-hur