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links 2.8 graphics (Announce)

posted by iw2evk, Magenta (Italy), 02.09.2013, 08:16

Hi,

i'v received this mail from Mikulas of Links2 team :

Hi

I created a links for DOS with graphics. It uses the GRX library and
supports VGA and VESA video modes.

It is at http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links-dos

Please test this version and if you don't find any problems, I'll release
it as Links 2.8.

Notes:

* On the first run you have to pass -mode parameter to set default video
mode. For example "links -g -mode 640x480x16" (to select the classic
16-color VGA mode), "links -g -mode 800x600x256" (for 256-color mode),
"links -g 1024x768x64k" (for hi-color mode), "links -g 1280x1024x16m" (for
true-color mode). The available modes depend on your VESA BIOS. If you
save options, the video mode will be saved in the config file and it will
be selected the next time you run "links -g".

* In graphics mode you can open up to 12 screens and use ALT-F1 to ALT-F12
to switch between them. In text mode there is just one screen.

* On old computers (or maybe in a virtual machine), deselect the option
"Overwrite screen instead of scrolling it" in "Video options" to improve
scrolling speed. On newer computers, it is faster to have this option
selected. You have to test it, which way is it faster.

* TCP/IP in DOS is very slow with many simultaneous connections. It is
recommended to restrict the number of simultaneous connections to 2 or 3.

* There are some stability problems in WATTCP. After a few hours of usage,
WATTCP hangs in such a state that it is unable to make new connections. I
also had some crash in WATTCP.

* I fixed some bugs in WATTCP (a bug in CPU detection code that causes
crash on 486 and a bug in getaddrinfo). I placed the patched WATTCP and
recompiled OpenSSL to the directory with Links, use them instead of
official DJGPP packages in case you want to recompile Links.

Complete thread:

• links 2.8 graphics - iw2evk, 02.09.2013, 08:16 (Announce)
  • links 2.8 graphics - georgpotthast, 02.09.2013, 19:09
    • links 2.8 graphics - ron, 03.09.2013, 01:44
      • links 2.8 graphics - RayeR, 03.09.2013, 11:11
        • links 2.8 graphics - iw2evk, 03.09.2013, 13:40
        • links 2.8 graphics - ron, 03.09.2013, 13:57
      • links 2.8 graphics - Laaca, 08.09.2013, 17:19
        • links 2.8 graphics - andrea936, 09.09.2013, 20:12
          • links 2.8 graphics - Tito, 10.09.2013, 21:24
            • links 2.8 graphics - RayeR, 10.09.2013, 22:23
            • links 2.8 graphics - glennmcc, 11.09.2013, 01:30
            • links 2.8 graphics - Laaca, 11.09.2013, 18:42
              • links 2.8 graphics - glennmcc, 12.09.2013, 00:20
                • links 2.8 graphics - andrea936, 12.09.2013, 23:36
                  • links 2.8 graphics - Tito, 13.09.2013, 04:45
                    • links 2.8 graphics - RayeR, 13.09.2013, 15:22
                      • links 2.8 graphics - Tito, 13.09.2013, 20:18
                        • links 2.8 graphics - iw2evk, 14.09.2013, 13:36
                    • links 2.8 graphics - andrea936, 14.09.2013, 13:57