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@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ FujiChat features, we're almost at parity!
 
 Other stuff:
 
+- If an VBI-driven keyboard buffer turns out to be impossible or
+  too much of a PITA to contemplate, another idea to avoid dropping
+  keystrokes: after every keypress, wait something like 1/4 or 1/3
+  second for another keypress, before checking for incoming net
+  traffic. As long as the user's typing 4 (or 3) keys per second,
+  he won't lose keystrokes. Probably have to put a limit on it,
+  a pathological case would be holding down a key long enough to
+  fill the edit box with 240 of the same character. That would
+  cause a 60 sec delay in net traffic, which might actually cause
+  us to time out... need some data on just how fast a fast typist
+  really types, and on average, how often they pause (to think or
+  read back what they just wrote, etc). Also look into detecting
+  key repeats (SRTIMER).
 - Write a cgetc() replacement that doesn't call the OS K: "get one byte"
   routine. I was avoiding it because it will need a 192-byte table
   (keycode -> atascii lookup)... but I'm spending more than 192 bytes
diff --git a/doc/ideas.txt b/doc/ideas.txt
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@@ -39,3 +39,17 @@ Features that should be implemented:
 
 - Cut buffer for ^U ^K ^W, like bash/emacs. LImited size (like,
   240 bytes, same as the input box).
+
+- Support for the XEP80 (and its modern clones). This really should be
+  done as dual-head: Keep the regular Atari display for screen 1,
+  the edit box, and the status bar. The rest of the screens can
+  display on the XEP80. One problem with this is, scrollback memory.
+  Each of screens 2-7 will be ~2000 bytes per 80x25 chunk, so each
+  needs 4K to be able to scroll back 1 screens' worth. So XEP80
+  support might end up being a 128K-and-up-only thing.
+  reifsnyderb has some code that deals with the XEP, written for use
+  with CP/M, that may be useful here.
+
+- R: support. Compile-time switch, separate executable. Use with
+  FujiNet, Lantronix, or anything else where we can go like
+  ATDThostname:port.