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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 2003 08:13:39 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        <peterg@ptree32.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New tarball available
Message-ID:  <16285.6659.125676.759934@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200310270103.ABW19495@dommail.onthenet.com.au>
References:  <200310270103.ABW19495@dommail.onthenet.com.au>

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peterg@ptree32.com.au writes:
 > framebuffer 8-bit mode. I'm a bit out of my depth here, 
 > but I think that the onboard ROMs on VGA cards set up the
 > legacy VGA mode - I don't think they power-up that way.

FWIW, alphas have a mini 80286 emulator in the SRM console
specifically to run the x86 code in these ROMs.

Drew



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