>>>>> "DW" == Darrin Wortlehock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DW> Has anybody looked at the AALib (Ascii Art) graphics library?
DW> I have only just started to become acquainted with the source for DOSEMU,
DW> but from what I've seen of how we currently handle graphics mode for the
DW> console, I think that this crazy idea might just work.
DW> If we could modify the existing video code to use AALib instead of VGALib,
DW> we would have approximated full video mode for terminals and telnet
DW> sessions. There is even a drop-in replacement version of VGALib available.
It's a good thought perhaps someday. We don't even have complete video emulation
yet in X but we are close.
But we don't use VGALib, as it doesn't work with real setuid programs.
Basically we have a passthrough library that just sets video modes.
DW> I can see it now ..... Doom for VT-100!!!! ;-)
Well this already done, on the linux side.
Eric
