On Sun, 3 May 1998, SamMaEl wrote:

> 
> 	Just curious.... but has anyone thought about rewriting dt for
> 8/16/24 bit color? I've been playing around with the sources a little this
> afternoon, but I doubt I have the knowledge or time for something like
> that. What with color X working on some models, mightn't it be possible to
> modify dt to give it 8/16/24 bit capabilities as well? Of course... until
> we can switch color modes within NetBSD you'd probably still have to boot
> into the color depth you want to use, but it would be nice to be able to
> get color without using X... especially since right now I only have 12 MB
> of RAM. 

The SLOTMAN kernels already can switch color modes from within NetBSD,
and Michael Zucca's internal video work will be able to do the same,
with the same grfioctl.h interface.

You can try the SLOTMAN kernel to see if it will work on your system
(NuBus video card, only!), and you can grab a copy of a program called
grftest (including sources) to see the current API in use.  Both of
these are available at:

	ftp://ftp.whooppee.com/pub/slotman/

Note:  the API is subject to change in the future, especially as we get
around to implementing the wscons code in NetBSD/mac68k.

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