Subject: Re: How to change colors?
To: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@stockholm.ptloma.edu>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/07/2002 08:09:40
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

> > What do you mean with "dt"?
> > I am pretty newbie, so don't stalk me with hardcore Unix commands at this
> > time! ;-PPP
>
> dt is a NetBSD/mac68k specific tool; you can download it as a package from
> ftp.netbsd.org. It gives you things like adjustable font sizing, inverse
> display, and virtual consoles. If you intend to do a lot of console work,
> it's invaluable. Frederick is (still) the current maintainer, IIRC.

I haven't used it for ages. I boot the console into 256 grays to make it
black on white. Be warned, there's a serious bug in dt that's triggered
if you set the display to anything greater ~132 columns (600x800
small-font, ~1024x768 large font).

Frederick