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Re: VGA terminal
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Yoshinori K. Okuji |
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Re: VGA terminal |
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Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:07:15 +0100 |
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On Saturday 10 January 2004 15:34, Marco Gerards wrote:
> There is only one problem with almost any solution (using hardware or
> software to scroll): How do you deal with the picture? IIRC some
> GNU/Linux distributions have support for such stuff in the modified
> GRUB they distribute, is this also used on the command prompt?
No, a picture is used only in the menu interface.
> I had a quick look at hardware scrolling. I wrote some code and it
> seems possible and very fast. Well, I still have some problems with
> it so it is not done yet. :)
I'm a bit afraid that hardware scroll is not supported by all video
chipsets correctly. Do you have any information on this?
Okuji