Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Thomas Quinot) | Subject | VGA text console : 9th bit empty | Date | 8 Jun 1996 22:46:26 GMT |
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[ Article reposted from comp.os.linux.development.system ] [ Author was Thomas Quinot ] [ Posted on 1 Jun 1996 00:08:39 GMT ]
I have been wondering for some time now : why is the 9th bit of every character on my VGA text console empty ? (eg, horizontal lines in frames are broken...) Is there a means of forcing 8th bit copy ?
(kernel is pre2.0.9, I do not currently use SVGATextMode.)
-- Thomas.Quinot@Cuivre.FdN.FR <URL:http://Web.FdN.FR/~tquinot/>
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