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From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
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Subject: Re: VGA_80x50 mode
To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 11:33:08 -0700 (MST)
Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers)
In-Reply-To: <199601171817.KAA27660@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Jan 17, 96 10:17:50 am
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> first you have to load the smal font..
> 
> >     I don't seem to be able to invoke 'vidcontrol VGA_80x50' on
> > my 2.1 box.  Is there some magic incantation I'm missing?  Or, some
> > hardware defficiency?

Argh!  <:-)   I guess I thought the x8, x14 and x16 fonts were present
in the ROM?  Apparently not as your suggestion seems to have done the trick!

Thx,
--don