From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 5 15:06:17 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id PAA09954 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 15:06:17 -0800 Received: from netcom14.netcom.com (hasty@netcom14.netcom.com [192.100.81.126]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA09944 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 15:06:13 -0800 From: hasty@netcom.com Received: from localhost by netcom14.netcom.com (8.6.9/Netcom) id PAA15769; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 15:04:46 -0800 Message-Id: <199502052304.PAA15769@netcom14.netcom.com> To: Stephen McKay cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, Jeremy Chatfield Date: Sun, 05 Feb 95 15:04:45 -0800 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Subject: Re: sup: Ok, I'm gonna do it. In-reply-to: Your message of Sun, 05 Feb 95 22:32:03 +1000. <199502051232.WAA05005@orion.devetir.qld.gov.au> -------- > Jeremy Chatfield writes: > >gj%pcs.dec.com@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com writes: > >> > >> >> There would be some fuss, but since Jeremy has kindly offered Xaccel > >> >> at VGA resolutions, we'd have most folks covered. > >> > >> I have one machine which only has a mono Hercules card in it. Any chance t hat > >> this would be supported ? Don't mean to throw a monkey-wrench into the wor ks. > > > >We've offered a commercial, supported, QA-tested, Beta program > >thrashed, professional, world class Server for free, explicitly > >for VGA chipsets. If you think that you can make a better offer, you > >might want to send us your resume. We're always on the lookout for > >world class talent. > This is fine. In fact, when I think a bit more, this is great! > But, the proposal is to tie our installation mechanism or perhaps our system > adminstration/setup system to VGA hardware. For me, and those like me, who > collect raggedy old scraps, and retired PC's, and test FreeBSD on them, or > build special purpose FreeBSD boxes out of> them, this means tossing out > half of them because they have EGA or MONO video cards. Damn shame, and a > total waste. > In short, GUI installation will thrill lots of people, but I have crappy > old hardware that I'd like to keep supported, and I expect that lots of > other people do too. I've lived with a command line style installation > for a very long time, and would appreciate it if one was retained, even if > it was completely unfriendly, but worked on old hardware. Hmmm... SCO managed to tie their sys admin tools to tcl/tk supposedly the same apps would work under X or command line. It is conceivable that one could extend tcl to do also vga graphics by way of of an extension. Do I qualify as a world talent :) Amancio