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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Better Text modes
Date: 23 Aug 1995 14:53:29 +0200
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Gleb Kukhta  <gleb@ultersys.msk.su> wrote:

>> 	SVGATextMode is a utility for Linux that mucks around with your
>> SVGA card in order to ...

>Does it works with FreeBSD Linux emulator ? Where to find this utility ?

It cannot.  Think about it.

     ``You can tune a file system, but you can't tune a fish.''
:-)

(from the tunefs(8) man page)
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cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
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Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)