wrastop NOT good for MGR
Jeffrey L Bromberger
jeffrey at sci.ccny.cuny.edu
Mon Mar 25 05:25:58 AEST 1991
In article <48546 at rphroy.UUCP> tkacik at rphroy.ph.gmr.com (Tom Tkacik) writes:
>How about programs that use the TAM library? Do they work under mgr?
Most of the TAM cruft works under mgr. I can use some of the stuff
that came with this machine, but I usually choose not to. BTW: I
don't load the window driver. This causes problems for things that
open /dev/window and not /dev/tty.
>I am talking about important programs like mahjongg and klondike.
>Will I have to re-write them?
Both games are fabulous, IMHO. But, you use wrastop. That is a
definite no-no for mgr. Once upon a time, I was going to port klondike
over. But, as things happen, I know so little about the way those
cards were bitmapped, I gave up. Since *you* must know what's going
on, it will probably be easier for you. MGR has a much nicer bitblt
interface than the default window driver.
You can load the window driver, and get UA windows upon demand. It
leaves security holes; the susp key can stop mgr's console lock. To
be honest, I keep my machine at work running UA (cause I need the tek
emulator), and mgr at home. I don't miss UA at all.
>That is pretty much all that is keeping me from running mgr.
Try the vidpal emulator. Then you'll be a convert to mgr. I
guarantee you, you'll never regret the change.
j
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