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Date:      Wed, 27 Mar 1996 00:13:07 +1100 (EDT)
From:      Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
To:        sos@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: > 80x24 ?
Message-ID:  <199603261310.FAA03395@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <199603261236.NAA16523@ra.dkuug.dk> from "sos@FreeBSD.ORG" at Mar 26, 96 01:36:37 pm

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In some mail from sos@FreeBSD.ORG, sie said:
> 
> Level of understanding the problem at hand ...

Yes, I don't understand pc's very well...(do I want to ? %-/)

> Go read a bunch of "booklets" for different video cards, then read a
> couble of books on PC video hw, and then come back with a better
> understanding of the problem(s).
> Then tell me again how easy it will be to make this work on ALL
> video hw....
> 
> PS: If you don't have any PC hw books handy, look at the XFree86
>     sources for the video hw they support.

How very sad.

Is there such a thing as a "most common" method for changing the text
resolution ?  What about for PnP devices ?  PCI video vards ?

I know PC suck, but this reaches new heights.

darren



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