From: joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) Subject: Code for re/storing SVGA states (was Re: 0.97 patchlevel 5 available) Date: 17 Sep 1992 03:23:50 GMT
In article <1992Sep16.160457.20718@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle) writes:
>
>As for the independent VC idea, I too, would add my voice to that. I
>was impressed by a friends rs6000 as he toggled between VC's, one of
>which was in text mode, and TWO of which were running two separate,
>independent copies of X-Windows! (Actually, being able to flip out of
>X to a text terminal would be handy).
>
>Since I lack the knowhow, I won't be able to contribute this myself :(,
>but would like to add my support for the idea :). BTW - joel, where is
>the code to which you referred. If I get time between thesis writing
>and installing X-stuff on our suns I may give it a crack anyway.
The code is avail}ble from CMU (Carnagie Mellon Univ.), as part of their
complete DOS emulator. It's buried pretty deeply in a sub-directory
somewhere.
On a similar note, perhaps we would do well to port their DOS emulator.
It's publicly distributable, and >complete<. It runs flight simulator,
for example, and words on SVGA down through CGA to text only.
-Joel
(joel@wam.umd.edu)