On Wed, 27 Sep 100 dribbling@thekeyboard.com wrote:

>   DB> It has been designed so support for other cards can be
>     > easily added. Hopefully someone will have time to add
>     > support for bitmapped displays so I can have virtual
>     > consoles on my sparc :)
> 
> I wonder how the Mac guys handled this, I think they usually
> use bitmapped displays.  As you hinted earlier, it would
> involve moving more data around.

	They have a userland program called 'dt' (/pkgsrc/misc/dt) which
	provides virtual consoles plus mouse support.

	It would be good to have a general solution for bitmapped
	displays, whether it be in kernel or userland..

                David/absolute
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