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From: sl14@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (S. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Better Text modes
Date: 11 Aug 1995 02:31:25 GMT
Organization: Nekomi Institute of Technology
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Message-ID: <40efdt$7f3@tuba.cit.cornell.edu>
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Is there something like Linux's SVGATextMode for FreeBSD?  i.e. something
that let me get 132x43 text mode with high refresh rate, 9x16 character
cells, etc on my S3 SVGA.  I can only get pcvt to do 80x50 with 8x8
characters...

Also, how does one do VGA/SVGA programming under FreeBSD?

Sorry if this is an FAQ (pointer requested if it is).  "Linux vs. FreeBSD"
flames go to /dev/null, please.

Rgds
Stephen
sl14@cornell.edu
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