From owner-freebsd-emulation Tue Oct 8 22:23:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-emulation Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA06955 for emulation-outgoing; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 22:23:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA06948 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 22:23:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA13656; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 14:51:04 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199610090521.OAA13656@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Int 16 function 0x0 only in X mode To: j_mini@efn.org (Jonathan Mini) Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 14:51:02 +0930 (CST) Cc: roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de, robsch@robkaos.ruhr.de, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Jonathan Mini" at Oct 8, 96 09:40:44 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-emulation@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jonathan Mini stands accused of saying: > > On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Robert Eckardt wrote: > > > No, Xmode means that doscmd (when called as `doscmd -x') opens > > an X-window on your Xserver. > > Re. these `funky registers' I might be corrected by someone else. > > Oh. =) Ability to use "X mode" as it is called in DOS,which is created by > programming the VGA registers directly, thereby creating "nonstandard > modes" (i.e. not supported by BIOS) was more than I expected for this > early in the project. That's Mode X, not X-mode 8) > Jon Mini, j_mini@efn.org, mini@4j.lane.edu -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[