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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: Hercules mono w/ X-Free86?
Date: 30 May 1995 17:27:07 +0200
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Space Research Group <srg@primenet.com> wrote:
>Is it possible to run XFree86 (3.11) with a Hercules monochrome display 
>card (early 1980's) 

No problem.

#define XF86MonoDualServer      YES

in your xf86site.def file.

The picture has a somewhat odd aspect ratio (an oclock looks rather like
an egg :), but the server is not the slowest.
-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)