From: db1@ukc.ac.uk (D.Bolla) Subject: Re: Easy video mode changes, nonstandard disk support, and v86 mode Date: 24 Feb 1992 15:04:19 GMT
In article <1992Feb24.054444.28874@cs.brown.edu> cgy@cs.brown.edu (Curtis Yarvin) writes:
>In article <1992Feb24.051750.25625@colorado.edu> drew@cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) writes:
>>Also, I suggested that this was a stopgap meassure until real
>>support could be provided for everything.
>I don't like stopgap measures; they have a way of becoming permanent. It
>seems to me that stopgap measures are how Unix got as bloated as it is.
I agree. Stopgat measures are BAD.
It is more reasonable to design a clear system ( that may require a bit
more programming ) than a cludge.
Again.. Let's leave the BIOS out. !
BTW My vga is indeed a supervga.....
Damiano