On the 03-31-95, Peter Fitzsimmons was chatting with Ian Timms:

PF> IT> For VioWrtTTY to work ANSI.SYS has to be loaded anyway, I think.
PF>
PF>ansi.sys is a dos device driver (so that VDM's can use ansi 
PF>grpx).

Quite right! (silly me)

PF>OS/2 sessions always have access to ansi codes 
PF>(unless a program explicitly turns off support via 
PF>VioSetAnsi()).
PF>
PF>Incidentally,  it is probably faster for most programs to 
PF>simply call printf()/DosWrite() (32bit buffered funcs) than 
PF>to call VioWryTTY() (16bit unbuffered func).

Just as I suspected. I knew VioWrtTTY was a furphy for some reason. ;-)

 Cheers, Ian.

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