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Date:      Thu, 11 Sep 1997 12:06:05 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Andre LeClaire <leclaire@venus.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Monochrome screen saver (fwd)
Message-ID:  <19970911120605.10225@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970910212109.268A-100000@localhost>; from Andre LeClaire on Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 09:33:17PM -0500
References:  <19970910090827.10495@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970910212109.268A-100000@localhost>

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On Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 09:33:17PM -0500, Andre LeClaire wrote:
>
> [Edited to improve continuity]
>
>>>> Is it possible to configure the blank screen saver in 2.2-STABLE to
>>>> work with a Monochrome Display Adapter, or does it only work with VGA?
>>>> I've tried it with a (true blue, vintage 1982) IBM full length card
>>>> and a couple of clone monochrome graphics adapters without success.
>>>
>>> I didn't get any response from the stable mailing list, and I thought I
>>> might have better luck here. FreeBSD does support MDA, doesn't it?
>>
>> It supports MDA.  I don't know if the screen savers support it,
>> though.
>
> Isn't the screen saver part of FreeBSD?

No, they're separate programs.

> Who or where could I ask to find the answer to this ? Thanks!

Right here on -questions.  But since nobody has answered, nobody
appears to have tried this.  The other alternative is the source code
of the screen saver.

Greg


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