From: harp@netcom.com (Gregory O. Harp) Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 02:03:32 GMT
sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
>In article <1992Sep7.133347.4433@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) writes:
>>1) Calling BIOS from a multitasking OS is trick, dangerous, and impossible
>> for those of us running SVR3/4
>An interesting way to get around all of those: set up a v86 process that
>calls the BIOS routines for you. It can be done, and I've seen it (not for
>the card in question, however), although I don't recall enough to make any
>claims about performance.
Yuck. ;)
However, that does allow for compatibility with several boards. For
example, a VESA version of the X server could be released (I think.
Perhaps that's pushing it a bit far...).
So, how's the hate-mail campaign going with Diamond? ;)
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