[quoted lines by Sébastien Hinderer on 2025/05/09 at 19:16 +0200] >I am a bit surprised that the vcsa interface was not designed to >represent screens that actually can be displayed, but I guess it's jsut >that the two date from different times.
Yes. The original vcs interface was designed a very long time ago when such large screens weren't envisioned and 255 seemed plenty adequate. >If we wanted to change the vcsa, I assume that would create backward >compatibility issues and it would thus be better to introduce a new >interface? The vcsua devices don't exist yet so, in my opinion, that'd be how to do it. -- I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/ Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/ EMail: [email protected] | Ottawa, Ontario | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke Phone: +1 613 726 0014 | Canada K2A 1H7 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://mielke.cc/xmother.html (Letter from a Feminist ex-Mother) _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
