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From: "rob pike, esq." <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] /sys/src/^(9 boot)^/pc/memory.c
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 18:56:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <61e4f3c55b0993e14dde2692d5b527f3@plan9.bell-labs.com> (raw)

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Because the code was hideous (the mouse is hideous enough as is) and
because almost all VGAs in use have hardware support.

The mouse needs its Nth complete rethink, given the advent of USB mice.
It's someone else's turn, though.

-rob

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From: Scott Schwartz <schwartz@bio.cse.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] /sys/src/^(9 boot)^/pc/memory.c
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 18:08:06 -0400
Message-ID: <20020917220806.3872.qmail@g.bio.cse.psu.edu>

| page that it allocates for the hardware cursor.

Can someone remind me why we can't use software cursors in 4e?

             reply	other threads:[~2002-09-17 22:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-17 22:56 rob pike, esq. [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-09-18 16:46 Charles Forsyth
2002-09-18 11:38 Russ Cox
2002-09-18 23:21 ` paurea
2002-09-18  4:49 Russ Cox
2002-09-18  5:02 ` Lucio De Re
2002-09-18  1:26 Russ Cox
2002-09-18  5:31 ` paurea
2002-09-17 23:13 rob pike, esq.
2002-09-18  4:18 ` Lucio De Re
2002-09-18 16:42   ` rob pike, esq.
2002-09-18 12:08     ` Lucio De Re
2002-09-17 22:58 Russ Cox
2002-09-17 23:41 ` paurea
     [not found] <dhog@plan9.bell-labs.com>
2002-09-17 22:04 ` David Gordon Hogan
2002-09-17 22:08   ` Scott Schwartz
2002-09-17  7:57 Charles Forsyth
2002-09-17 15:13 ` Axel Belinfante
2002-09-17 20:08   ` Axel Belinfante
2002-09-17 20:37     ` Axel Belinfante
2002-09-17  4:19 YAMANASHI Takeshi
2002-09-17  2:58 Russ Cox
2002-09-17  2:40 YAMANASHI Takeshi

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