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Date:      Sun, 22 Sep 1996 03:00:13 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco)
Cc:        brandon@glacier.cold.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: splash-page on bootup..
Message-ID:  <199609221000.DAA00408@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199609212034.PAA14072@brasil.moneng.mei.com> from "Joe Greco" at Sep 21, 96 03:34:32 pm

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> You're in a difficult situation...  even a static GIF image would probably
> be difficult because you don't know what you have for console until you
> have probed the video..  animation I would think is out of the question
> due to the way I understand the kernel works during the probe phase.

Animation is possible using color register cycling.  This is how the
"startrek" bar of the Microsoft "Plus! Pack" is animated.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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