From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 28 00:22:44 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93DFF16A4CE for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:22:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fast.dnswatch.com (fast.dnswatch.com [216.177.243.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1DF843D5F for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:22:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) Received: from fast.dnswatch.com (localhost.dnswatch.com [127.0.0.1]) by fast.dnswatch.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j3S0MZrt003599; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:22:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by fast.dnswatch.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id j3S0MVYF003598; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:22:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) X-Authentication-Warning: fast.dnswatch.com: www set sender to null@dnswatch.com using -f Received: from mail.1command.com ([216.177.243.35]) (DNSwatch.com_WebMail authenticated user null) by webmail.dnswatch.com with HTTP; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:22:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <58473.216.177.243.35.1114647751.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> In-Reply-To: <1114645784.45212.78.camel@dirk.no.domain> References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com><1114644537.45212.74.camel@dirk.no.domain><4270228B.5070407@samsco.org> <1114645784.45212.78.camel@dirk.no.domain> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:22:31 -0700 (PDT) From: "/dev/null" To: "Sam Lawrance" , freebsd-current@freebsd.org User-Agent: DNSwatch.com_WebMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Subject: Re: boot banner project X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:22:44 -0000 > On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 17:38 -0600, Scott Long wrote: >> >> >> >>Is it possible to do this without having to switch to an entirely >> >>raster-based console? Raster consoles (like what SuSE uses) have >> >>been discussed in the past, and the common thinking is that the >> >>loss in reliability and loss in speed is a significant issue to >> >>consider. >> > >> > >> > For a small, non-flashy banner, grab a stack of unused characters and >> > draw a logo into them. Much like what moused does to give us a nice >> > pointer-shaped pointer rather than an ugly block. >> > >> > It'll be 1-bit, but you can pick the foreground and background color >> in >> > each block from a selection of the most popular console text colours >> > ever :) >> > >> > I think you could allocate the top two rows of text to this and get a >> > nice effect without losing much. And no raster, either. >> > >> > >> >> ARGH! Bad memories of the TI-99/4A! Can we at least move up to >> Atari800 video technology? >> > > Haha! The TI-99/4A was the first computer I ever got my hands on :D It was a Timex Sinclair for me. :) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > //////////////////////////////////////////////////// If only Western Electric had found a way to offer binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974, the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today rather than DOS/Windows. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////