Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

[Joey Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>]

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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