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Subject: Re: Syscons CUT&PASTE functionality added...
To: mark@linus.demon.co.uk (Mark Valentine)
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 14:03:58 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199606221836.TAA00361@linus.demon.co.uk> from "Mark Valentine" at Jun 22, 96 07:36:28 pm
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In reply to Mark Valentine who wrote:
> 
> > From: sos@freebsd.org
> > Date: Fri 21 Jun, 1996
> > Subject: Syscons CUT&PASTE functionality added...
> 
> > I'd like to hear how this works out with different mousetypes and
> > especially with different display hardware. Please note this works
> > only on ega's and above, as the mousepointer is done by reprogramming
> > the charset, giving the illusion that a "real" graphic mousepointer
> > is used.
> 
> Neat feature, though on my system (Logitech serial mouse, S3 801 video
> with 2MB DRAM, 486DX2/66 CPU), the charset reprogramming seems to make
> cursor motion cause noticeable jerking of the display (causing mild
> nausea...).  :-(

Hmm, sounds like a timing problem of sorts...

> Would a plain block cursor (maybe a different colour) be likely to improve
> usability on my system?  (I can't think of any DOS stuff I have lying around
> which uses this trick, and I don't remember seeing any of this jerkiness
> with normal block-cursor DOS stuff.)

Yeah, well I thought of a block cursor, but I like this FAR better..
You could try the Norton utils, they use the same approach under
DOS, if that works without jitter, I need to get my timing fixed :)

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