JohnO wrote: > > Bob: > > Have you seen this article? "Made for Linux" computer reference design > gets airing > http://www.osviews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=658&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Did the whole line fit on your screen? PITA to havta paste them togather to get to the link. html wrapping causes the problem.
> Bob George wrote: > > >Hey Day (and others interested), > >This would allow MULTIPLE DOS sessions in resizable xterm windows with > >resizable text (sort-of overly complicated DesqView) while still providing the > >necessary "gateway" services to allow older DOS apps to work on the "new" > >Internet. That would be really cool. There are lots of dos text mode tools with more real functionality than the stuff on eye candy gui setups. And of course, having text mode screen access that could not be screwed up by XF86Config would be nice. Some of it is the 'not invented here' attitude. I've seen a dos tool that 'aliased' all the linux terminal commands that make sense on the single user desktop. why cant the bash or whatever prompt figure out how to respond to 'dir'? Why aint that alias built in? > >The big gotcha will be what apps you're using to access the 'net. Are they > >network (ethernet) capable (IP based), or dial-only? The link mentioned all the gui stuff, the DVD, NTSC, multimedia functionality. which is nice, but I get the sense that this often times is employed in ways which get in the way of just dealing with text. Like this message. Wouldnt it be more readable if the lines were only 40-60 chars long, in two panels like the facing pages of a book or magazine? Assuming you are literate enough to read titles, then the ANSI color scrollbar system is hard to beat. I understand the universality of icons across language barriers, but I can see that it could evolve into a complete icon system like Chinese. With thousands of different icons that have to be learned. And the icon design which makes sense when created, such as the desk telephone, will run into problems when the next generation comes along, and they've never seen a desk telephone. All the focus on multimedia is having some unintended effects on the use of text. To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
