Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 16:52:12 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@alcnet.com>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modex support (again) Message-ID: <199905172352.QAA01972@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 May 1999 08:53:10 %2B0900." <199905172353.IAA08926@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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> Yes, it can be extended to support all graphics modes (except mode X > :-). But, how useful will it be? The VESA 800x600 raster text mode > was a kludge for some laptop systems, so it was justifiable. But, how > about others? 1024x768 mode can contain only 128 columns if we are to > use 8-dot wide font. This is not as good as 132 column text modes > provided by VESA. It's better than the 80 column text mode that is the best supported by many new VESA biossen. It'd also be good for the TGA console. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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