Re: High density text on console

2002-05-27 Thread dman
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 04:58:15PM -0400, Mike Dresser wrote: | > > graphics-based. Look at fb/vesafb.txt.gz instead. You can also try | > > the tridentfb driver, but I think it is brand new and not stable yet. | | And with the speed of tridents, pushing molasses through a drinking straw | might

Re: High density text on console

2002-05-27 Thread Mike Dresser
> > graphics-based. Look at fb/vesafb.txt.gz instead. You can also try > > the tridentfb driver, but I think it is brand new and not stable yet. And with the speed of tridents, pushing molasses through a drinking straw might be faster. I played around with SVGATextMode. Tried my trident, an S3

Re: High density text on console

2002-05-27 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 03:11:52PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 03:30:10PM -0400, Mike Dresser wrote: > > | Just wondering if anyone knows of a video card that supports very high > | density text in console. > | > | The card I'm using(Trident 9880) does 132x60, but I'm looking fo

Re: High density text on console

2002-05-27 Thread dman
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 03:30:10PM -0400, Mike Dresser wrote: | Just wondering if anyone knows of a video card that supports very high | density text in console. | | The card I'm using(Trident 9880) does 132x60, but I'm looking for | something smaller, as this still feels large even on a 14" mon

High density text on console

2002-05-27 Thread Mike Dresser
I posted this to debian-curiosa, for some stupid reason. I blame the small text! Anyways. Just wondering if anyone knows of a video card that supports very high density text in console. The card I'm using(Trident 9880) does 132x60, but I'm looking for something smaller, as this still feels larg