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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!van-bc!news.rmii.com!usenet From: roell@xinside.com (Thomas Roell) 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 16:19:37 -0600 Organization: X Inside Inc. Lines: 24 Sender: roell@xeno.xinside.com Message-ID: <87zq3z53ly.fsf@xeno.xinside.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> <4uqhoi$6np@web.nmti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fog.xinside.com In-reply-to: peter@nmti.com's message of 13 Aug 1996 18:32:50 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:20350 comp.os.linux.development.system:29733 comp.os.linux.x:37939 comp.os.linux.hardware:47482 comp.os.linux.setup:68582 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1045 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4616 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4400 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25458 misc.consumers:94421 In article <4uqhoi$6np@web.nmti.com> peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > > 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? Yes. > 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? Something like console messages in graphics mode for example ... - Thomas -- Denver Office THOMAS ROELL /\ Das Reh springt hoch, +1(303)298-7478 X INSIDE INC / \/\ das Reh springt weit, 1801 Broadway, Suite 1710 / \ \/\ was soll es tun, Denver, CO 80202 roell@xinside.com / Oelch! \ \ es hat ja Zeit.