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Date:      Tue, 15 Oct 1996 12:29:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@whistle.com>
To:        sos@freebsd.org
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, julian@whistle.com, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: non-console mode..
Message-ID:  <199610151929.MAA13270@crab.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <199610150920.LAA13315@ra.dkuug.dk> from "sos@freebsd.org" at "Oct 15, 96 11:20:28 am"

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sos@freebsd.org writes:
| In reply to Michael Smith who wrote:
| > 
| > There's no need for either work or violent objections - the 'no console'
| > case is already supported.  Look at i386/i386/cons.c.
| > 
| > > > p.s. yes there are good reasons for doing this :)
| > >  
| > > Such as ?? ????
| > 
| > The box his employers make that doesn't have a console?
| 
| I'm sure I can be talked into makeing a consoledriver for their
| little LCD display :)

Actually nothing is needed to do that ... as I found out by a programming
mistake.  It was a bit strange seeing BSD boot messages on the LCD.  The
only catch is trying to enter in text on the keypad!

Doug A.



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