On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 08:27:01AM +0000, dribbling@thekeyboard.com wrote:
> Hello Andrew!
> 
>   AG> Also the PCCONS console will be around for some time.
>     > It is a plain text console without any fancy EGA/VGA
>     > features or virtual consoles, etc.  It should work on
>     > anything, even cards that wscons may not have been
>     > tested on yet.
> 
> Sounds good.  Does it emulate a VT100 (or something) or is
> it a "glass teletype"?

yes, vt100

> 
>    AG> ...if you are low on RAM, etc then pccons should work
>      > for you.
> 
> I read somewhere that pccons was used on boot diskettes as
> it's smaller than things like wscons. Any idea just how much
> smaller?  I'm guessing this is something that gets compiled

Just try to compile a kernel with, and without :)

> into the kernel, am I right?  Do you think I'm likely to run
> up against something important that won't run without
> wscons?

So, pccons should have all what you need.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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