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Would it be possible to GO32 with KA9Q/Textwin ?

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From: Tom Wheeley
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 00:00
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I have seen many nice features / additions to KA9Q being turned down due to
the lack of conventional memory.  AFAICS, the best way to avoid this would
be to go 32 bit?  Is this possible for KA9Q.  The only drawback I can see is
that it won't of course run on 286s.  In which case, could the product be
split, with the Standard KA9Q as v2.16d, and Enhanced KA9Q which is the
new version(s).  This would allow, for example, the addition of the archie
client mentioned here (v. nice :), as well as perhaps a text mode WWW
browser a la Lynx... (well, maybe I ask too much).

Oh, and also in TextWin, would it be possible to increase the screen buffer
size for the Windows?  I mean they have scrolling controls -- let them scroll!
(ie, if you were to list the /dos/apps dir on ftp.demon, you could scroll
back to see all the directories before about 's'. :)
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From: Tom Wheeley <tomw@tsys.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Would it be possible to GO32 with KA9Q/Textwin ?
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