Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60
Luis Ariel Lecca wrote:
> On 04/16/08 11:15, Joey Schulze wrote:
> > I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that
> > support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with
> > 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mode when the graphics board
> > provides this particular mode.
>
> Did you probe using framebuffer ? (which uses graphic mode)...its slower
> than VESA BIOS support...
The framebuffer is irrelevant when you want a text mode, and - as you
write yourself - it's also slower. The real text mode is the
interesting mode.
Regards,
Joey
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