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To: Andrew Gordon <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Linear buffers in VESA screen modes
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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Date: 28 Jul 1999 15:06:41 +0200
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Andrew Gordon <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk> writes:
> The application for which I need this is to support capture from the bktr
> driver onto the screen (ie. so that you can watch TV without X).  With the
> above hack and a small (100-line) program it works very nicely - far
> tidier than installing X just for this purpose on some embedded systems
> where I need this capability.

Might one persuade you to release that 100-line program? :)

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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