From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 18 13:30: 0 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 13:29:58 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from chopper.Poohsticks.ORG (chopper.poohsticks.org [63.227.60.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DC9037B402 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:29:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from chopper.Poohsticks.ORG (drew@localhost.poohsticks.org [127.0.0.1]) by chopper.Poohsticks.ORG (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eBILTlh06215; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:29:47 -0700 Message-Id: <200012182129.eBILTlh06215@chopper.Poohsticks.ORG> To: "Nathaniel G H" Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Text mode video operations In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:33:50 PST." <200012182033.MAA16353@mail14.bigmailbox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <6211.977174986.1@chopper.Poohsticks.ORG> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:29:46 -0700 From: Drew Eckhardt Sender: drew@chopper.Poohsticks.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200012182033.MAA16353@mail14.bigmailbox.com>, bsd_appliance@bemail. org writes: >I specifically need to know, if possible, how to display hardware- >rendered character- and software-rendered pixel-based images on the >same display at the same time. This is not possible with straight VGA. If the graphics aren't too big, you can work arround this hardware limitation by implementing your graphics as a user defined font. You may also be able to use the bitblt hardware present on "accelerated" video boards. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message