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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Monochrome video adapter supported?  Nothing in FAQ.
Date: 4 May 1995 10:27:37 +0200
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Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote:

>>I'd like to use an old monochrome monitor and video card that's
>>just sitting here in a FreeBSD system.  If this isn't supported,
>
>Sure, it will work just fine.  We use 'em all the time!

You can even run X11 on it.  It's faster than a dumb VGA, but has a
weird aspect ratio.
-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)