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From: orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc)
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Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: 10 Aug 1996 20:46:27 -0700
Organization: The Dread Pirate Roberts
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Message-ID: <4ujl2j$2k6@pell.pell.chi.il.us>
References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <87viesy5z0.fsf@xeno.xinside.com> <4uhg4b$oa9@pell.pell.chi.il.us> <87zq43vvaj.fsf@xeno.xinside.com>
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In article <87zq43vvaj.fsf@xeno.xinside.com>,
Thomas Roell <roell@xinside.com> wrote:
>In article <4uhg4b$oa9@pell.pell.chi.il.us> orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc) writes:
>
>> >Hehe ... Usually the bugs are fixed in either the next version or in
>> >an update. Haven't seen your latest bugreports however ...
>>
>> (waving hands) Your server munges the text settings on the console when
>> it runs; it takes a perfectly normal 80x30 or 80x25x20scanline screen
>> and converts it into a 80x25 screen.
>
>That is not a bug. It is a documented behaviour.
Yes, but it's wrong documented behavior; from what I've seen of the
xinside server, it looks all nice and good, but I'm certainly not going
to spend money on software that mangles all of my text consoles. If
there was any assurance that you'd remove this misfeature, I'd be willing
to send xinside the $100 or whatever so I could get a copy of the server
after you removed that feature and left the text consoles alone.
____
david parsons \bi/ As a matter of fact, I have sent X Inside an order for
\/ a copy of the server, conditional on removal of the
reset to 80x25 misfeature.