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Date:      Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:13:06 +1000
From:      <peterg@ptree32.com.au>
To:        Graham Bakay <graham@bitmap.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New tarball available
Message-ID:  <200310280313.ABX08553@dommail.onthenet.com.au>

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>>  Actually, that's by (poor?) design - I limit the width
>> to 800x600 max. Looks good on a 1024x768 display (eMac),
>> but might be a bit small on 1280x1024.
>
>i think 800x600 is a good place to start, since it is the 
minimum 
>resolution that g3+ machines have (early ibooks). maybe a 
syscons 
>flag/kernel option?

 I'll support the minimum that the screen specifies: my
B&W G3 boots up at 640x480 on a 14" monitor. It's just
the max that is capped currently.

>i agree. it looks far better to have small text on a large 
screen 
>(especially lcds) than to have the text stretched 
(interpolated on 
>lcds).

 One option would be to use a 16-bit wide EGA font instead
of the 8x16 one currently used - that might help the large
screens.

>i think 800x600 works. is it possible to have it centered 
in the 
>screen? (excuse me if it in fact already is

 Yep, should be centered.

later,

Peter.



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