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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!news.abs.net!news.bconnex.net!news1.erols.com!panix!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.gi.net!news.bridge.com!mhughes From: mhughes@bridge.com (Michael Hughes) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Simutaneous mono and vga under FreeBSD... Date: 15 Sep 1996 13:26:59 GMT Organization: Bridge Information Systems, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <51h073$6b@news.bridge.com> References: <32388517.BA4@wsg.net> <3238632A.6516@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: loghome1.bridge.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: : Hang that one up -- it won't fly. : It is possible to run monochrome and CGA cards simultaneously, because : their address spaces don't overlap. However, VGA graphics modes will : overlap both mono and CGA space (segments B000 and B800, respectively). : Higher-density graphics modes slide into A000 as well. Newer cards with : even higher density use other techniques to exceed 128k of addressable : video RAM, but you still can't use the Hercules card at the same time. : -- : Ken : Are you interested in | : byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com : over the Internet? | I ran Coherent for many years running X and a mono monitor. I would also like to see something that would allow me to use both mono and VGA! -- Michael Hughes mhughes@bridge.com