Subject: Re: Adjusting terminal window on TV
To: None <port-dreamcast@netbsd.org>
From: adriel <adriel@adriel.net>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 05/24/2001 17:31:49
My 36" HDTV is also a VGA monitor, thats why I love the dreamcast so
much in the first place ;)  as for having bsd in your living room, it is
awesome, but you want X.  anywho, if you make the shrinking mode, please
have it selectable, because I think it is perfect just the way it is.

Quoting Nathan Mahon (nate@aftershock.blackhat.net):
> As has been mentioned in the archives many times, TV's are all tuned so
> that you cannot see the edges of the screen.  If you bought a TV with
> black around all the edges, you'd ask them to readjust it.  :)
> So... loss on all 4 sides is required. perhaps multiple lines.
> 
> What needs to happen is to create a terminal that perhaps only uses the
> center 60% of rows and columns.  in other words, a terminal that doesn't
> take advantage of the outer 20% of the screen...  if you could tune this
> inside the terminal, that'd be better.  :)
> 
> I might be able to write something up for a shell that uses ncurses or
> something to properly wrap at the center 60%... we'll have to see...
> I don't have a unix box at my disposal yet, but may have one in the next
> two weeks.  :)
> 
> 
> n8
> 
> 
> On Thu, 24 May 2001, Jason Keirstead wrote:
> 
> > What about changing the size of your terminal? LIke instead of 80x25, use 
> > something else
> > 
> > On May 24, 2001 04:12 pm, Kevin wrote:
> > > I guess my issue is that I still like the idea of having a diskcless
> > > client for my TV.  Something where I can flip to Input 2 and have a pine
> > > session.  But you are correct, that would do it.
> > >
> > > /* Kevin Dwyer <kevin@pheared.net> */
> > > /* Security Engineer               */
> > >
> > > On Thu, 24 May 2001, adriel wrote:
> > > > Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:03:02 -0500
> > > > From: adriel <adriel@adriel.net>
> > > > To: port-dreamcast@netbsd.org
> > > > Subject: Re: Adjusting terminal window on TV
> > > >
> > > > you could just get a vga box, that would solve your problems
> > > > they run about $15-23 depending on features, if you cant find one
> > > > locally try www.levelsix.com
> > 

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