Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:49:44 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot banner project Message-ID: <1114645784.45212.78.camel@dirk.no.domain> In-Reply-To: <4270228B.5070407@samsco.org> References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <1114644537.45212.74.camel@dirk.no.domain> <4270228B.5070407@samsco.org>
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On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 17:38 -0600, Scott Long wrote: > >> > >>Is it possible to do this without having to switch to an entirely > >>raster-based console? Raster consoles (like what SuSE uses) have > >>been discussed in the past, and the common thinking is that the > >>loss in reliability and loss in speed is a significant issue to > >>consider. > > > > > > For a small, non-flashy banner, grab a stack of unused characters and > > draw a logo into them. Much like what moused does to give us a nice > > pointer-shaped pointer rather than an ugly block. > > > > It'll be 1-bit, but you can pick the foreground and background color in > > each block from a selection of the most popular console text colours > > ever :) > > > > I think you could allocate the top two rows of text to this and get a > > nice effect without losing much. And no raster, either. > > > > > > ARGH! Bad memories of the TI-99/4A! Can we at least move up to > Atari800 video technology? > Haha! The TI-99/4A was the first computer I ever got my hands on :D
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