$to = 20 unless $to;
$from = 0 unless $from;
-return (1, DXLog::print($from, $to, $main::systime, 'ann', $who)) if $self->{_nospawn};;
+# if we can get it out of the cache than do it
+if (!$who && !$from && $to < @AnnTalk::anncache) {
+ my @in = @AnnTalk::anncache[-$to .. -1];
+ for (@in) {
+ push @out, DXLog::print_item($_);
+ }
+ return (1, @out);
+}
+
+return (1, DXLog::print($from, $to, $main::systime, 'ann', $who)) if ($self->{_nospawn} || $main::is_win == 1) || $DB::VERSION;
return (1, $self->spawn_cmd("show/announce $cmdline", \&DXLog::print, args => [$from, $to, $main::systime, 'ann', $who]));
return (1, @out);