:-)
> > > Would you like to see boot messages?
> > No. I won't buy shitty cards designed for Windows 98. Just the same as I won't
> > buy a GUI printer or WinModem. You will? They you'll be sorry.
>
> Then you won't have a PC fairly soon. Nobody needs text mode, people are
> starting to emulate it by default and Linux has a fine frame buffer console
> without KGI/GGI getting much involved. If you want to support Japanese on
> the console I suspect it will also be somewhat useful (text mode is a bit
> small in fonts).
Yes, unfortunately you don't get to choose what the manufacturers
make. If you can't buy anything but "shitty cards designed for Windows
98", what are you going to do? Trade in for an abacus?
> (Note BTW its arguable that soon not only text mode but all direct frame
> buffer access will go out of fashion. Its an expensive slowing item that
> adds cost and major complexity to the performance critical memory subsystem
> on the video card).
Erk! So what happens to blitting images to the screen?
Regards,
Richard....
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