From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 20 04:53:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA17069 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 04:53:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA17063 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 04:53:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA20478; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 04:52:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19970820045253.28684@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 04:52:53 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= Cc: j_mini@efn.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MDA and VGA memory overlaps. References: <19970820044001.11623@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <199708201144.NAA18145@sos.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3C199708201144=2ENAA18145=40sos=2Efreebsd=2Edk=3E=3B_fro?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?m_S=F8ren_Schmidt_on_Wed=2C_Aug_20=2C_1997_at_01=3A44=3A3?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?3PM_+0200?= Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Søren Schmidt scribbled this message on Aug 20: > In reply to John-Mark Gurney who wrote: > > > > > > Hmm, why do you need this ??, or are you trying to resolve the "great > > > unificated console" that was kind of designed a couble of years ago, > > > but never implemented ?? > > > > umm.. no, he isn't... he's working on a different project... but > > I didn't know that it was discussed/designed (a split keyboard/video > > console) a while ago... > > That still doesn't answer the question, "why do you need this" then.. he should answer that one... > > the reason I ask is that I recently got some more diskspace that will > > allow me to start on this project... I haven't started writing any > > code, but plan on working on this part.. is anyone else working or > > is it one of those, would be nice projects?? > > WHAT project ?? sorry.. I don't always include enough context.. I was replying to this part: > > > [...] or are you trying to resolve the "great > > > unificated console" that was kind of designed a couble of years ago, > > > but never implemented ?? i.e. the implied discussion of splitting the keyboard/video into seperate parts... and actual specs of what the team descided it should end up looking like... -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD