Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
26 Mar 1998 05:14:26 GMT

Followup to: <199803260358.WAA16198@jupiter.cs.uml.edu>
By author: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > Sorry, I don't buy it. The BIOS requires textmode to boot and
> > run setup.
>
> That is _your_ BIOS. In case you haven't noticed, some BIOS setup
> programs already run in graphics mode, with a mouse even. That's
> not even counting Compaq, with BIOS setup done through Windows.
>

Actually, it is "fake" graphics mode -- it's a technique called
character tiling. It's a stupid idea, too.

-hpa

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