Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Mar 1998 00:27:06 +0100 (CET) | From | Marek Habersack <> | Subject | Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux |
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On 26 Mar 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > 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. Exactly! I remember a game on DOS called CD-MAN that was entirely written using that technique - it looked fine, but that's it. And the splash screens of some bioses work in exactly the same way as the arrow mouse cursor in, say, Norton Utilities.
--- Booze is the answer. I don't remember the question... BTW: Today is Sweetmorn, the 13rd day of Discord in the YOLD 3164
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