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To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
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Subject: Re: grafx console & DDB 
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Date: Mon, 03 Apr 1995 16:34:32 +0000
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@star-gate.com>
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>>> Terry Lambert said:
 > 
 > I think I could argue against the VM86() story from another angle
 > as well; a VM86() call to video BIOS is no more likely to be able
 > to restore from a wierd video mode than a BIOS call would be able
 > to reset 16550 serial ports out of FIFO mode.  In other words, the
 > BIOS might not know how to reset the modes, or if it does, it
 > might not know how to reset everything that needs to be reset if
 > the mode wasn't established using the BIOS in the first place.

Hmm...
The above is a bit of speculation and it solely dependent upon the
BIOS implementation. We could change the X server to make VM86 call 
to set the vga resolution  or the call could be issue from the console
driver and  it will save a lot of headaches;additionally
we could provide and option to use the current mode setting in the
X server for those rare exquisite moments in which someone wants to 
play with vga sync parameters ...

	Now all what we need is the VM86 call :)

	Amancio