netbsd-help: Re: 50 line mode

Subject: Re: 50 line mode
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Rene Hexel <rh@idle.trapdoor.vip.at>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/07/1999 16:06:06

Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> With 1.3.x I'm not sure this is possible.
 With pcvt and 1.3.3/i386 it is possible. Basically, what you have to
do is:
 - use 'loadfont' to load an 8x8 font, e.g.
 /usr/share/pcvt/fonts/vt220l.808
 - use 'scon' to switch to 50 line mode,
 - use 'cursor' to specify a new start and ending scanline for
 the cursor, as the old defaults won't give you a visible cursor.
 Under NetBSD-1.3 versions prior to 1.3.3 you have to compile these
utilities yourself (under /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/isa/pcvt/Util).
 Cheers
 ,
 Rene