> I've found that some newer graphics cards (my ATI 3D Rage, at least) are
> not fully compatible with the VGA in charmap switching. With the same 
> machine (P-III), ATI VGA Wonder (28800), Trident VGA 8900C and ET4000W32/p 
> worked just fine. Obviously, it's not a problem of wscons nor the kernel 
> vga driver. Hmm... -_-aa

Ah, My video is also ATI Rage Pro and I'm failing >80x24 with wscons.
But, I once happened to make wscons work with >80x24 terminal and
small font, using the same machine. I would believe that I was not
seeing illusion...

Masao