Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:34:29 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "J.S." <johann@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ON UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: Where did my 132x43 console video mode go? Message-ID: <20011230203428.GK55399@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20011230123252.32876bb3.johann@broadpark.no> References: <20011230123252.32876bb3.johann@broadpark.no>
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In the last episode (Dec 30), J.S. said: > I used to run 132x34 as console text resolution, though it appeared > slightly bended. > > That was before I switched from the Cirrus Logic GD5430 SVGA controller > that came built-in with this Pentium 120, to a ATI Mach64-GU graphics > accelerator, which is newer and better equipped, yet it only seems to > handle 80x40 -- at least according to <vidcontrol -i mode | grep T> Newer cards do not necessarily have the same features as old cards. From the manufacturer's point of view, no-one uses text mode anymore, so why bother supporting anything but 80x25, which is really only needed for the BIOS setup program and the first 5 seconds of a WinXP boot? -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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