Re: Simpler EMC version

HI Chris,

The VRES256Color (640x480)or SRES256Color (800x600) color should run
about anywhere, and are supported by MicroSoft and Borland 'C' compilers
(everyone?).
I'm not sure where you are talking about adding the UI code, or what
compiler is to be used (does the Linux compiler support these as well?),
but it might be a thought.

Alan KM6VV

ccs@... wrote:

>
> > Hi Chris, Brian,
> >
> > Just curious, but if you are writing a UI to put BIG numbers on the
> > screen, why not just change to a GRAPHICS mode, and DRAW the numbers any
> > size you want. I've used a 7-segment NUMBER format that works quite
> > nice. If you can use the code, this could work!
>
> The idea is to be able to run the display without having to pay any
> attention to what video card is in the system. However a basic
> low-res VGA mode is probably safe. I don't believe one can use the
> video bios under linux, so it has to restrict itself to config
> registers that are the same on every VGA card.
>
> This is to get around the problem with the linux window system, X,
> taking many months to become stable on some newly released video
> boards, and also to make it run on low-res monitors folks might
> have kicking around.
>
> Chris
>
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