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Subject: Re: new version of nano-X/microwindows (not silly licence thing)
From: "Luke (boo) Farrar" ####@####.####
Date: 5 Oct 1999 21:46:40 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.3.96.991004224632.691A-100000@chevrons.demon.co.uk>



On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Greg Haerr wrote:

> 
> The major changes in this release are:
> 	
> 	* wrote asm version of VGA driver for ELKS

How much faster is this thing? Useable? 

Luke(Boo) Farrar.




Subject: RE: new version of nano-X/microwindows (not silly licence thing)
From: Greg Haerr ####@####.####
Date: 5 Oct 1999 22:10:09 -0000
Message-Id: <01BF0F4B.C8D3C9B0.greg@censoft.com>

* wrote asm version of VGA driver for ELKS
: 
: How much faster is this thing? Useable? 


	It's definitely faster, and it works.  I use it for the ELKS port,
which runs on _slow_ systems.

Greg
Subject: Re: new version of nano-X/microwindows (not silly licence thing)
From: "Thomas Stewart" ####@####.####
Date: 6 Oct 1999 09:39:06 -0000
Message-Id: <19991006093157.67736.qmail@hotmail.com>

> > 	* wrote asm version of VGA driver for ELKS
>
>How much faster is this thing? Useable?
>

It works, it is kind of useble on a 386SX 16Mhz, the optimized hline 
definately speeds it up.

tom

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Subject: RE: new version of nano-X/microwindows (not silly licence thing)
From: "Luke (boo) Farrar" ####@####.####
Date: 6 Oct 1999 22:30:13 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.3.96.991006221830.512C-100000@chevrons.demon.co.uk>



On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Greg Haerr wrote:

> * wrote asm version of VGA driver for ELKS
> : 
> : How much faster is this thing? Useable? 
> 
> 
> 	It's definitely faster, and it works.  I use it for the ELKS port,
> which runs on _slow_ systems.

The old one was abismal even on my 386. Is the flickering/poor mouse
movement on ELKS any better?

Luke(Boo) Farrar.


Subject: RE: new version of nano-X/microwindows (not silly licence thing)
From: "Thomas Stewart" ####@####.####
Date: 7 Oct 1999 07:21:52 -0000
Message-Id: <19991007071444.56775.qmail@hotmail.com>

> > * wrote asm version of VGA driver for ELKS
> > :
> > : How much faster is this thing? Useable?
> >
> >
> > 	It's definitely faster, and it works.  I use it for the ELKS port,
> > which runs on _slow_ systems.
>
>The old one was abismal even on my 386. Is the flickering/poor mouse
>movement on ELKS any better?
>

Nope, that describes the mouse movement quite well!

tom

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