On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 20:54:46 +0100, Matthias Paul wrote:
> Actually, these ("COLOR:" and "MONO:") are the names used in
> Axel's DUALMON.SYS driver... ;-)
I have to admit I didn't try DUALMON.SYS yet. Unfortunately, the
VGA monitor in my only dual-monitor system is currently broken.
> I have had some reservations against these names, as they are
> more likely to exist as filenames on disk,
Good point. I should remember why names like EMMQXXX0 or $SECURE$
were invented. And why I used to always put CDRXXXX0 as CD-ROM
driver's name ;-)
> and for some odd aesthetical reasons I didn't liked that the
> names' lengths were different,
Why odd? Equal-length names are not only nice, but sometimes
even useful, e.g., when you have to patch binaries.
> Maybe "CONC:" or CONM:", or just "CON1:" and "CON2:"? ;-)
Difficult decision. CONC/CONM is a bit more informative, but
CON1/CON2 allows to think about even more consoles (multiple
PCI VGAs? remote devices?)
> Thanks for the info. Did DISPLAY.SYS took over the HMA completely,
> or did it occupy only parts of it and shared the rest with
> other clients?
Hmmm, I can't verify this easily now. I seem to remember that
DOS was loaded high, and DISPLAY's font tables were in HMA, but
I have to locate an old enough system diskette and try again.
(I knew very little about DISPLAY and fonts and that time, so
I can be wrong.)
Greetings,
Michal
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