From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 6 16:53:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA02460 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:53:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from net177138.hcv.com (net177138.hcv.com [209.153.177.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA02352 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:53:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matthew@wolfepub.com) Received: from thunder ([10.0.0.12]) by net177138.hcv.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA09330 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:49:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matthew@wolfepub.com) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981006195057.007ccc90@firebat.wolfepub.com> X-Sender: matthew@firebat.wolfepub.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 19:50:57 -0400 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Matthew Hagerty Subject: Direct to video memory? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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