From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 29 03:21:21 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA14879 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 03:21:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de [141.76.1.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA14867 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 03:21:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de by irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with ESMTP id MAA25816 for ; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 12:21:13 +0100 Received: by sax.sax.de (8.6.11/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id MAA23012 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 12:21:12 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.7.3/8.6.9) id LAA10464 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 29 Dec 1995 11:48:56 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch Message-Id: <199512291048.LAA10464@uriah.heep.sax.de> Subject: Re: syscons driver To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 11:48:55 +0100 (MET) Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <7177.820198788@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Dec 28, 95 04:59:48 pm X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > And all unfortunately irrelevant if you CAN'T GET X TO WORK ON YOUR > HARDWARE! The 8-bit server should work okay on any VGA in 320x200 mode, though this is arguably not a usable resolution. The 4-bit server should work okay (though sluggish) on any VGA in 640x480 mode. This is basically the same Winglows is using as the default. The server should be operated in StaticColor visual, otherwise even the first application might run out of color cells. The 1-bit server does even work on a Hercules adaptor, though the aspect ratio is a bit strange (348x720 resolution). Only people with EGAs or CGAs are running into serious problems. People who wanna get the last bit of performance out of their card that will be officially released by the manufacturer next week are another matter. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)