>> yes, i see that now.  i was confused because i already *had* a 50 line
>> font on the screen.  now, if someone could only explain to me the
>> reason for having eight font slots under vga but only four possible
>> line counts...  maybe i need to hack on pcvt and scon so that i can
>> pick a fontslot to display, and then maybe also add something so i can
>> set the typematic rate and delay...
>
>The 8 font slots are actually in the card itself, not a "feature" of pcvt.
>PCVT is just utilizing the hardware to it's extent.  There are high and
>low character sets, so pcvt actually comes with 8 font files that could
>all be loaded at once.  You can also make your own fonts to use.  I'm not
>totally sure how to switch fonts, but there should be a way (there are
>various confusing escape sequences for font manipulation).

that makes sense.  and now i see where they get used.  run scon -H and
then press f7 to "display functions".  the characters that get
displayed now, instead of control characters, are from the other 25
line font i have loaded.

>kcon will change the typmatic rate and delay...

ah!  thank you...

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