From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2005-02-10, RadSurfer  wrote:   
      
   (quoting totally messed up ...  check your agent)   
      
   >> > remove   Crt   and  TP/BP  programs stop crashing because of apparent   
   >> > video card issues and the like, but then you LOSE out on other   
   >> > functions extremely useful to your TPascal project!  It's all really   
   >> > kinda nuts so far.   
      
   > Apparently its a video-card issue; I am thinking that it is necessary   
   > to explicitly select a "video-safe" mode first is all.   
      
   I think it is the delay calibration loop.   
      
   >> C is (c) 1973. In my definitions that is consi~dered "old". The above   
   >> paragraph is totally gibberish. It seems you seem to say that some stuff   
   >> in winprocs would be usable from plain dos too? THat is quite possible,   
   >> but that is the main reason why winprocs has "win" in it.   
      
   > from day one -- even for DOS-only environments.  DOS is still very   
   > important in some areas.   
      
   Like? I know some people still maintain some realtime controlling stuff in   
   Dos, and occasionally there is a bit of new development. But "very important",   
   please. Industrial realtime kernels are older than dos, and at least still   
   maintained.   
      
   > DOS applications have been accessing Windows 3.1x, Win9x API for   
   > decades!   
   > Clipboard, MultiMedia, you LFN, etc.  If you comment PLEASE be more   
   > accurate.   
      
   No they don't. They use the int 2F to access some legacy exposed   
   functionality that hasn't been updated since the original win95 ((c) 1995)   
   at best. I really would like to see you directly call directX, set a NT   
   permission or access any other non-ancient api.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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