From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,19d07d96f103778e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-10!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "GlesgaMick" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why do the escape sequences not work? Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 13:45:07 -0400 Organization: www.talkaboutprogramming.com Message-ID: <7f61ac7a48fbdc189d806643ca3043bb@localhost.talkaboutprogramming.com> X-Newsreader: www.talkaboutprogramming.com Content-Type: text/plain; References: X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4731 Date: 2004-10-05T13:45:07-04:00 List-Id: ok, i ultimately solved the problem of ansi.sys not being allowed on WinME by formatting and installing Win98... which i guess i will be using for the duration of studying Ada... so much for the whole 'ada is great because of its compatibilty' line. Apparently microsoft deliberately removed real mode capabilities from WinME. This is the difference between it and 98. The spoils of this move...? a WinME computer boots up 4 seconds faster than a 98