> From: Tim & Alethea Larson <thelarsons3@cox.net>
> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:21:23 -0600
> To: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: 2.1 softfloat and color X on an LCIII
> 
> William Duke wrote:
>>> Really?  I thought the color X server only supported 8-bit.  And simply
>>> setting the monitor to thousands of colors give reverse video on the
>>> console (before launching X)?
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, if you set your machine to 16bit (thousands of colors), NetBSD will
>> boot with white text on a black background.  Plus, if you have X_color
>> installed on your machine, the colors will display properly.  It's actually
>> very cool!
> 
> Heh, for some reason, after all the talk I've heard about the odd colors
> at 8-bit and advice to use grayscale instead, I thought it was limited
> to 8-bit max!
> 
> The reverse video on the console is a nice side benefit, too.  My
> machines are used that way more than in X, so in a way it's an even
> bigger benefit than proper colors.
> 

I prefer to use X whenever I can.  I like Aterm, so I like to do all of my
stuff in an Aterm window in X.  Besides, having several Aterm windows open
at once is much nicer than switching between virtual environments on the
console.