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SubjectRe: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux
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.

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