Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 08:54:12 +0000 (GMT) From: "Soeren Schmidt" <sos@kmd-ac.dk> To: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, sos@kmd-ac.dk, kurto@tiny.mcs.usu.edu, mark@grondar.za, hackers@freebsd.org, terry@cs.weber.edu Subject: Re: Using graphics under syscons (src) Message-ID: <199412190753.AA25983@dkuug.dk> In-Reply-To: <199412171131.LAA21158@isl.cf.ac.uk> from "Paul Richards" at Dec 17, 94 11:31:32 am
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> In reply to Jordan K. Hubbard who said
> >
> > 1 simple question: What does Linux's vgalib do, and can we provide
> > equvalent functionality? They've already used theirs to do rather
> > significant graphical interfaces, including a short-lived version of
> > DOOM that ran with it and was apparently quite fast. I also believe
> > that there is an asteroids game that currently works with it. Hell,
> > if ours was *compatible* with theirs, that would be a significant
> > coup!
> >
> > I think it's time to buy Soren a Linux box.. :-)
> >
>
> I thought I saw Linux emulation on his todo list -- he must already
> have one :-)
Ahem, actually yes (well sortof, I can boot my main dev box under
either of FreeBSD, Linux, SCO, DOS).
And yes Linux emulation is on my list, actually I can now (again :)
run simple Linux bins under FreeBSD-current. More on that later....
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Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org | sos@kmd-ac.dk) FreeBSD Core Team
So much code to hack -- so little time
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