Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux | Date | 26 Mar 1998 05:14:26 GMT |
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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.
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