Axalon wrote:
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> You might try the framebuffer drivers, but i am just guessing.
No, not exactly: framebuffer drivers always work in _graphic_ mode,
not in text mode. They can display text, of course, but text has to
be _rendered_ by the driver so it's much slower compared to _real_
text mode where you don't have text rendering to do _in software_
(it's done by the VGA card) and also only have to transmit only
2 bytes (char + attributes) to the card over the bus.
Last, real text modes can also use several screenfuls of data
all mapped in the 64k memory window (A000 to AFFF if I remember)
and switch _instantly_ from one screen to another.
If you find time, have a look some day at SVGATextMode documentation,
it's very well done and explains quite well even to the newbie.
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Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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