Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 17:27:28 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: partek@indecent.com, terry@lambert.org, julian@ref.tfs.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cons25 and vt100 Message-ID: <199509120757.RAA21521@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199509120111.SAA14575@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Sep 11, 95 06:11:25 pm
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > I have a Cirrus Logic 5426/8(clgd5428) and that's what pcvt reports on > > bootup. > > 8-|. I have no idea how it knows that. It probably searches the VGA ROM region for match strings. It's the only way to reasonably reliably detect video cards. > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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