Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 19:50:57 -0400 From: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Direct to video memory? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981006195057.007ccc90@firebat.wolfepub.com>
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Greetings, I was wondering if it is a bad practice to write directly to video memory (i.e. B800) for client applications that are intended to run in a text mode (no X)? I have written several applications in DOS (text based business apps, point-of-sale mostly) and I would like to port them to FreeBSD. I have checked and played with ncurses and find it a little slow. Is there another lib somewhere that handles color, full cursor control, and the extended ACSII set (line chars)? I would like to replace my current DOS-to-Novell system with a pure FreeBSD solution for the clients and server. Thanks, Matthew Hagerty To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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