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Date:      Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:21:23 -0700
From:      "Raymundo M. Vega" <RaymundoVega@home.com>
To:        carl <statik@cris.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: console reso.
Message-ID:  <3945A8B3.3F88F647@home.com>
References:  <4.3.1.1.20000612152727.00a6e570@pop3.concentric.net> <20000613011242.B233@parish> <4.3.1.1.20000612194655.00a76a80@pop3.concentric.net>

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carl wrote:
> 
> not really pertaining to which cards have VBE onchip, ..but what is a DOS
> TSR files and what does it do?
> 

It means "Terminate and Stay Resident" and is a program that stay
in memory after it finishes execution, it is likned to a hardware
interrupt to increase the capabilities of that interrupt service
routine, it had several uses, for example to have macros executed
by typing alt or control plus a letter, execute programs (remember
sidekick) with a couple of keystrokes, and many many more.


raymundo.


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