Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 12:03:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: sos@freebsd.org, durham@phaeton.artisoft.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Specs on a Hitachi CM2085me monitor anybody ?? Message-ID: <199608311803.MAA17618@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199608311705.KAA04005@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199608310812.KAA22247@DeepCore.dk> <199608311705.KAA04005@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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[ Terry hit my hot button here ] > > Hmm, I'm afraid there is no easy way out here. You can get a pointer > > to the "standard" mode table (thats what syscons does), but setting > > the card specific modes is (surprice) card specific.. > > The data about the card is simply not well abstracted from the code > that implements the INT 10 interface. > > And once again we discover why EE's should not be hired to write > video BIOS. Cheap generalization. I'll take on 95% of the CS grads. who graduated in 94 in a usability/readability contest. Most EE's I'm awae of who program are pretty decent nowadays, and most CS types who graduates a few years back are just as bad as the EE's. :) Proud Electrical Engineer, Nate - You can't spell Geek w/out two E's. :)
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