Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC

2007-09-26 Thread Jim Gettys
. ;-) --elijah On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Jim Gettys wrote: Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:35:46 -0400 From: Jim Gettys [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Mitch Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED], devel@lists.laptop.org Subject: Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC On Tue, 2007-09

Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC

2007-09-26 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On Sep 26, 2007, at 14:07 , Jim Gettys wrote: Sugarizing the existing X based version is a small task. Small compared to writing a VGA emulator anyway. - Bert - ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC

2007-09-25 Thread big one
Booting to console mode / svgalib possible Can someone put a wiki / HOWTO about booting OLPC to console mode, setting up svgalib, SDL, xinit command and xinitrc? Lack of FreeDOS because of BIOS With console mode, IMO it is possible to run DOS Emulator such as DosEMU + FreeDOS or DOSbox with

Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC

2007-09-25 Thread Mitch Bradley
OLPC does not support VGA/EGA/CGA graphics, so the display code for all those old programs will not work. big one wrote: Booting to console mode / svgalib possible Can someone put a wiki / HOWTO about booting OLPC to console mode, setting up svgalib, SDL, xinit command and xinitrc?

Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC

2007-09-25 Thread Jim Gettys
On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 18:57 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC OLPC does not support VGA/EGA/CGA graphics, so the display code for all those old programs will not work. IIRC xdosemu provides vga support within an X window. I

Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC

2007-09-25 Thread elw
: Jim Gettys [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Mitch Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED], devel@lists.laptop.org Subject: Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 18:57 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC OLPC does not support