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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!bonkers!web.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,misc.consumers Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 13 Aug 1996 18:32:50 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4uqhoi$6np@web.nmti.com> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <873f1tjxf1.fsf@xeno.xinside.com> <4uopgf$si4@cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu> <8720hb712j.fsf@xeno.xinside.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:20325 comp.os.linux.development.system:29708 comp.os.linux.x:37909 comp.os.linux.hardware:47433 comp.os.linux.setup:68525 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1043 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4611 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4393 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25439 misc.consumers:94339 In article <8720hb712j.fsf@xeno.xinside.com>, Thomas Roell <roell@xinside.com> wrote: > Actually given the upper idea about moving stuff like this into a > kernel driver anyway raises the question for me, why to use a textmode > at all. Why not simply switch into a graphics mode, and draw bitmap > characters directly. Sun SPARC is doing that, all the PowerPCs are > doing that as well ... Have you used a Sparcstation console? If you had you wouldn't ask that question. Besides, why throw away the CPU when text mode works well and works even when you have little idea what the video card is? -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them