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From: Gleb Kukhta <gleb@ultersys.msk.su>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Better Text modes
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 16:35:07 +0400
Organization: PC Centre TECHNO
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On Wed, 16 Aug 1995, Arthur D. Jerijian wrote:

> Thomas Gellekum (thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de) wrote:
> > Arthur D. Jerijian (jerijian@cloudburst.seas.ucla.edu) wrote:
> > > I've never tried this, but has anyone recompiled SVGATextMode for FreeBSD?
> 
> > What's that?
> 
> 	SVGATextMode is a utility for Linux that mucks around with your
> SVGA card in order to produce strange and exotic text modes, such as 100x37,
> 80x40, 160x80, etc..  It is available at more Linux archives, although
> I forgot which directory...
> 	I would like to see this ported to FreeBSD.  I sure wish that I
> were a better hardware programmer, then I would do it myself.
> 
> > tg
> 
> 
> --Arthur Jerijian        jerijian@aixugrad.seas.ucla.edu
> .sig under construction
> 
> 
> 
Does it works with FreeBSD Linux emulator ? Where to find this utility ?

Gleb Kukhta
Ulter Systems, Inc.
Tel./Fax: +7 095 469 98 70
Internet: gleb@ultersys.msk.su