[ros-kernel] Texmode consoles.

[Richard Campbell]

umm it's actually quite simple, blue.sys gets loaded, comp goes to 
console, blue.sys doesn't, comp goes to graphical.  why fix what isn't 
broken?

KJK::Hyperion wrote:

> At 17.36 18/12/2003, you wrote:
>
>> Bad:
>>  How is unicode text going to be printed in text mode consoles. I 
>> beleive it is imposible.
>
>
> it's converted to the OEM codepage. Hey, it's called "OEM" for a 
> reason - it's the codepage used by the display hardware, if it 
> supports text mode. I mean, duh
>
>>  Video mode switching stresses the video hardware, specially monitors.
>
>
> monitors are immortal. They get old, they lose colors, they lose 
> focus, but they keep working. I remember monitors at the CERN labs in 
> Swiss working metres away from giant electromagnets. Sure, the 
> pictures on them were all warped and distorted, but they kept working. 
> And some of them were *really* old - I mean, have *you* ever seen a 
> hardware VT-100?
>
> Besides, who cares. Text mode (GUI-less, actually - text-only is just 
> a detail) isn't for nostalgic DOS users: you boot in text mode to stay 
> in text mode
>
>>  You can't use very good looking bootup screens.
>
>
> now explain why. I have a counter-example ready, be aware of that
>
>>  Having a dual kind of consoles will only cause confusion, to both 
>> users and developers.
>
>
> let users and developers decide if it does. I decide... uhm, not
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