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DateSun, 1 Mar 1998 01:14:23 -0500 (EST)
FromKenneth Albanowski <>
SubjectRe: GGI, EGCS/PGCC, Kernel source
> On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> > 
> > 	VGA-style textmodes are a historical anomaly.  Better to design 
> > around software textmodes as an abstraction and just map it onto whatever 
> > HW you have.

Personally, I'm expecting any day now for a video card manufacturer to
decide an "accelerated index-based glyph display region" is just the neat
new feature needed to speed up DOS boxes under Windows. :-) 

-- 
Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)



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