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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
- Subject: OOps! (was Re: Executable)
- Message-ID: <exuptr.449.716055070@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 16:11:10 GMT
- References: <1992Aug30.161818.21319@qiclab.scn.rain.com> <H6qgqB1w164w@nzkites.UUCP>
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- In article <H6qgqB1w164w@nzkites.UUCP> foster@nzkites.UUCP (Foster Schucker) writes:
- >leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:
-
- >> Why should I have to put up with 640x200x2 (or 320x200x4) when my hardware
- >> can do 640x200x16 *and* I have the BGI to do it? Folks with superVGA
- >> probably feel the same.
- >>
- >> And we'd *all* like to be able to eliminate the space used by the unused
- >> BGI drivers.
- >>
- >> Oh yeah, Borland should have "suggested" an environment variable to point
- >> to the directory with all your BGI files. <sigh>
-
- >I love it, what a great idea!! I'm going to write to all the authors
- >of the programs and suggest that they look at the "BGI" environment
- >var and use that.
-
- >Maybe if enough users say something then after awhile it will become
- >a common practice.
-
- >Thanks for the good idea!!
- >Foster Schucker (foster@nzkites.uucp) (1-215-458-8354 (voice))
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-
- Well, I'm surprised that you *ALL* forgot to mention that a TP program may
- also have overlay files if the overlay linker was used.
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