Hello Maurice!

05 Oct 03 09:23, you wrote to me:

[Bigger HD partision]

 BS>> Hmm.. you cuted to mutch, what bigger?

 MK> The brand spanking new Linux partition.  I hope to continue on with
 MK> framebuffer development on there.  My goal is digital mapping all on
 MK> the console with no need for a GUI.  I am a commandline freak and gosh
 MK> darn proud of it!

Now I remember! I'm not using framebuffer, but did anyone notice, that they
is getting funny charecters on the console, like green-blinking D's?

 BS>> Well at some time, maximus should be reverse engeeriered to
 BS>> Windows.

 MK> Why?  Don't they already have a 32-bit DOS version?  Doesn't OS/2 have
 MK> a working Maximus version?  I think we're behind Linuxie speaking.

There is, but the latest release is pretty old.. Then I'm thiking of BBS'es
and Fidonet the operating system doesn't matter to me..

 MK> That's what needs to be dealt with first as far as I am concerned.
 MK> As
 MK> for portability there are other, and perhaps even better, ways to deal
 MK> with compatibility issues.

Maybe, let's see in the future.

 MK>>> Yep.  That and many other issues.  I want a Linuxed Maximus.
 MK>>> Personally I don't care if it's portable to OS/2 or Windows.

 BS>> It would be nice if it is..

 MK> It could be but I honestly believe we need a different approach to
 MK> this issue.

Which?

Regards,
Bo

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