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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:56:50 +0000
From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
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Subject: [9fans] Re: escape from vga hell?
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Martin Harriss wrote:
> ... I wondered if it would be possible to write a driver for
> 16-color vga mode.

Russ and I discussed how this could be done, but somebody has
to *do* it.  It would require two kludges:
	(1) map 8-bit general graphics interface into 4-bit pixels
	(2) provide software cursor