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Article #1507

Re: nansi.sys

#1507
From: Keith Petersen
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 1990 23:25
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Jim Davies <davies@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> writes:
>I have picked up a few programs for my AT clone that require nansi.sys
>to work properly (including stevie, which I'd really like to use).
>But...I don't have nansi.sys, and ansi.sys is missing a few functions
>that are required by stevie.  I've tried two extended ANSI drivers 
>from simtel, but neither worked satisfactorily.  Where do I get the
>"real" nansi.sys?

A search of SIMIBM.IDX, the complete catalog of SIMTEL20 msdos files
available in pd1:<msdos.filedocs>SIMIBM.ARC, produced these matches:

 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
DNANSI.ARC    B    2727  890902  Replaces Desqview's DVANSI.COM -- small, fast
NANSI.TCP     A    1040  880807  Unix termcap for NANSI.SYS
NANSI22.ARC   B   49920  870709  Source code & driver for NANSI (faster ANSI)
NANSI24.ARC   B   45430  871012  Improved ANSI.SYS - direct replacement, v2.4
NANSI987.ARC  B   26158  871121  Improved ANSI.SYS - direct replacement
NANSIS.ARC    B   17738  860512  Improved ANSI.SYS - direct repl., no-snow mod.
NNANSI.ARC    B   50248  890612  New and improved NANSI.SYS (for EGA/VGA only)
ZANSI-12.ARC  B   28933  880829  ANSI.SYS replacement, faster than NANSI, w/ASM
VANSI.ARC     B   27197  891211  VGA ver. of NANSI.SYS, replaces ANSI.SYS

Keith
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From: w8sdz@smoke.BRL.MIL (Keith Petersen)
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Subject: Re: nansi.sys
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Date: 8 Mar 90 23:25:27 GMT
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