Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:8854 unix-pc.general:4874 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!rayssd!icus!lenny From: lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: MGR is ported to the UNIX pc (was Re: More X foolishness) Summary: yeah, kbd clobbers 3-key 3.51m features Message-ID: <1100@icus.islp.ny.us> Date: 20 Feb 90 01:17:02 GMT References: <1089@icus.islp.ny.us> <15523@cs.yale.edu> <15830@cs.yale.edu> <3220@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> <15903@cs.yale.edu> <1095@icus.islp.ny.us> <3226@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> Reply-To: lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) Organization: ICUS Software Systems, Islip, New York Lines: 38 In article <3226@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> rhealey@ub.d.umn.edu (Rob Healey) writes: |>In article <1095@icus.islp.ny.us> lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) writes: |>>Bellcore's MGR has been ported to the UNIX pc. Yes, another window |>>environment that has the benefits of being able to use the entire screen, |>>user-level code (no wind driver), ease of window reshaping, resizing, |>>moving, etc... Lots more too! |>> |>>BTW: Regarding Item #3 above, Brad did just that. /dev/mouse is part |>>of the kbd driver (a hacked Ditto version). |>> |> Umm, does this clobber the features of the 3.51m keyboard driver in |> the process? Since the need for the new kbd driver was eliminated |> with 3.51m can the extra code for MGR be installed seperate from |> the unneeded kbd code? |> Yes, the summary says it all. The kbd driver will and does clobber the features of the 3-key functions for the 3.51m kernel/wind driver combo. Thanks to Gil Kloepfer and his posting of kfeature(1) this is no longer a problem. All of the "important" features can be turned on and off with this. |> Also, can MGR be run on systems without the user mode video hardware |> "patch"? Some of us college aged paupers can't afford cushy extras |> like food and a roof over our heads let alone hardware mods to our |> toys... B^(. |> No MGR requires the VIDPAL. I assume someone could hack a rastop() interface but that would be slooooowwww... -Lenny -- | Lenny Tropiano ICUS Software Systems lenny@icus.islp.ny.us | | {ames,pacbell,decuac,hombre,sbcs,attctc}!icus!lenny attmail!icus!lenny | +------- ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY 11752 -------+