Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 00:13:07 +1100 (EDT) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: > 80x24 ? Message-ID: <199603261310.FAA03395@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199603261236.NAA16523@ra.dkuug.dk> from "sos@FreeBSD.ORG" at Mar 26, 96 01:36:37 pm
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In some mail from sos@FreeBSD.ORG, sie said: > > Level of understanding the problem at hand ... Yes, I don't understand pc's very well...(do I want to ? %-/) > Go read a bunch of "booklets" for different video cards, then read a > couble of books on PC video hw, and then come back with a better > understanding of the problem(s). > Then tell me again how easy it will be to make this work on ALL > video hw.... > > PS: If you don't have any PC hw books handy, look at the XFree86 > sources for the video hw they support. How very sad. Is there such a thing as a "most common" method for changing the text resolution ? What about for PnP devices ? PCI video vards ? I know PC suck, but this reaches new heights. darren
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