From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] What a poor VGA support !
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:46:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200206131746.NAA27343@math.psu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jun 2002 08:19:08 MDT." <Pine.LNX.4.33.0206130816370.24315-100000@snaresland.acl.lanl.gov>
> > But , please, tell me, because I'm curious : Why is it so difficult, so
> > impossible to add some kind of minimum VGA support ?
>
> because vga cards are a bitch, and pc compatibility is a bitch, and
> because PC hardware sucks, and the vendors suck, and you can't get
> information on the cards, and overall .... graphics cards are a major pain
> the ass. I can state this with certainty as I'm dealing with it every day
> in LinuxBIOS. Most of the people who design PC hardware should be shot.
Don't hold back, Ron, tell us how you *really* feel....
- Dan C.
:-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-13 17:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-13 9:29 Agnelo de la Crotche
2002-06-13 14:19 ` Ronald G Minnich
2002-06-13 17:46 ` Dan Cross [this message]
2002-06-14 8:45 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2002-06-14 14:41 ` Ronald G Minnich
2002-06-14 8:45 ` Agnelo de la Crotche
2002-06-13 13:16 forsyth
2002-06-13 16:45 ` plan9
2002-06-13 14:21 presotto
2002-06-14 11:08 ` Agnelo de la Crotche
2002-06-14 14:26 ` Agnelo de la Crotche
2002-06-14 16:37 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2002-06-14 20:16 ` Jason Gurtz
2002-06-15 0:27 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2002-06-17 9:14 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2002-06-16 22:41 ` Digby Tarvin
2002-06-19 8:45 ` Agnelo de la Crotche
2002-06-17 9:14 ` Agnelo de la Crotche
2002-06-13 14:47 Russ Cox
2002-06-14 9:44 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-06-14 13:50 ` Agnelo de la Crotche
2002-06-14 14:42 andrey mirtchovski
2002-06-14 15:51 Russ Cox
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