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    Miquel van Smoorenburg was heard saying ....
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    > Uhm, all VGA cards support redefining the character set right? So why don't
    > you just redefine the upper 64 characters and display them in a block
    > of 8x8. That way, you will still be in text mode and LILO and the kernel
    > can display all debugging messages they want. Ofcourse the kernel should
    > reset the characterset just before starting the first user process.

    Is that how modern BIOS's show a graphical image upon boot while still
    displaying text? It sounds like TRS-80'ish!

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    > Mike.
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    > Miquel van | Cistron Internet Services -- Alphen aan den Rijn.
    > Smoorenburg, | mailto:info@cistron.nl http://www.cistron.nl/
    > miquels@het.net | Tel: +31-172-419445 (Voice) 430979 (Fax) 442580 (Data)
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