Subject: Re: NetBSD on 512 x 342
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@ninthwonder.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/03/2000 13:51:12
> I've been wondering about the way these 8" (visible
> diagonal) displays are used as terminals.  Using an 8 x 18
> pixel character cell you'd get 64 columns and 19 lines
> (assuming 512 x 342 pixels).  Is this how they're usually
> configured?

The console font is 8x13, I think--the same as the "large" font
in dt.  The "small" font in dt is 6x10, which gives you an 85x38
screen--more than a standard terminal.  In fact, I got so used to
the extra length when I was working on an SE/30 that my default
xterm is 35 lines long...  ;-)

-allen