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From: jvanvleet@sei-it.com (James Van Vleet)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Simutaneous mono and vga under FreeBSD...
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 17:10:31 GMT
Organization: SEI Information Technology
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This is not really true.. I have two machines both running Win95
just fine with a Monochrome and a SVGA card. It is great for
debugging programs. Both are running 1024x768 without problems.
Just type "mode mono" in a dos box. I too would be interested in a
technique for FreeBSD.
-James
Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote:
>Hang that one up -- it won't fly.
>It is possible to run monochrome and CGA cards simultaneously, because
>their address spaces don't overlap. However, VGA graphics modes will
>overlap both mono and CGA space (segments B000 and B800, respectively).
>Higher-density graphics modes slide into A000 as well. Newer cards with
>even higher density use other techniques to exceed 128k of addressable
>video RAM, but you still can't use the Hercules card at the same time.
>--
>Ken
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