X isn't much of an option, this machine is a small server.
It's just been annoying to not be able to do multiple consoles during configuration post-install, everything'll probably be handled over ssh anyway.
Just was curious.

On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 02:11:36PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> 
>    From searching mailing list archives, reading manpages, and grepping
>    kernel sources, it appears that NetBSD 1.5.2 on SPARC does not support
>    virtual consoles, or wscons at all. Is this true? If so, when is it
>    slated for inclusion? Also if so, then why does the sparc install come
>    with wsconsctl and wsconscfg?
> 
> that is true.  there is no real date for inclusion, but some people
> are apparently working on it.  i will let them update here if they
> so desire...  the wscons programs are built on all NetBSD platforms,
> even though they are only useful for some of them.  that's simply
> the way it is :-)
> 
>    Not an especially urgent inquiry, as I've already installed
>    screen(1); just rather curious.
> 
> 
> you're *really* going to be much better off if you run X11 on the 
> sparc console, even if you simply open a single large xterm and
> run screen inside that.  the issue is that updating the text
> console requires serious CPU, and is as i'm sure you've noticed,
> quite slow...  this is basically cuz it's a completely rendered
> text console.  X is *much* faster.
> 
> 
> .mrg.