>On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Grant Stockly wrote:
>
>> I have a question about the speed of video on NetBSD.  I've got a "Compaq
>> Portable" 8086 based computer that can display stuff faster.
>
>Be careful... are both machines in the same video mode? ;-)
>
>> I'm using vmode 18 (1280x960 8bit).  The text is still quite large.
>>
>> What settings should I use and how can I change the vmode from OF.
>
>Yes, though I've forgotten how..
>
>> Can I possibily get the video running quicker?
>
>We'll need to figure out how the acceleration works, and start using it.
>
>Anyone want to become a video guru?

x-windows is super fast (not accelerated...but still fast) but the terminal
is slow.

The characters cume up real big in 1280x960 so maybe its wasting CPU time
scaling the text.

Grant