Re: Lynx-clone and POP3 mail reader developers

[Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha]

> If you use the available extra terminal functions like 
>  "<ESC>L" = insert line
>  "<ESC>M" = remove line
> together with disable/enable cursor: "<ESC>x5" / "<ESC>y5"
> you can still get a nice textscroll through BIOS!
> Of course, if you use this, you rely on a fast implementation of these
> commands That is why the uzix-kernel or the C-libraries (which can
> also be used by a assembly-program!), should be optimized, maybe with
> handmade assembly for hardware stuff.

        Now, screen output on UZIX is made by CHPUT. It implies in one
interslot call for each character being displayed. A "write(stdout, X, 1)"
is the fastest way of sending a character to the screen. And, believe me,
it's faster than BDOS function 2...


Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha               ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Engenharia de Computacao - UNICAMP   
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