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jksmith
4 hours ago
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weinzierl
1 hours ago
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I don't remember
"absolute"
but I sure do remember
"gotoxy"
and it rhymes with boxy, yeah, you won't convince me otherwise.
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jksmith
52 minutes ago
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It was something like screen: array[1..80,1..25] of byte absolute $B800:0000; So, just use all the extended ascii to assign chars to cells to draw boxes for screens, buttons, tables, whatever. Instant update.
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