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- From: terry@npd.Novell.COM (Terry Lambert)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: 386BSD 0.1 Boot and Video Problems
- Keywords: 386BSD
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.173129.13962@gateway.novell.com>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 17:31:29 GMT
- References: <1992Jul30.010100.6107@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul30.010100.6107@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> rjs@crs.cl.msu.edu (Robert J. Stanton) writes:
- >2) When I use "nn" or use more on the
- > INSTALL notes, I get blinking text
- > instead of highlighted text.
-
- This has to do with whether or not register 2 is correctly set up on your
- video controller (bit 4 or bit 5, if I remember correctly). Most video
- adapters which emulate the register set will not do so unless jumpered for
- "extended VGA" or something similar. ATI's EGA Wonger has this problem.
- Check out the "IBM Techinal Reference Manual", the section on the CGA
- card. The register controls whether the high bit of the Background color
- nibble is the "highlight color bit" or the "blink bit".
-
- >Also, I wish that the cursor did not flash so
- >rapidly.
-
- This is a function of the clock on your video card, since most cursors are
- hardware. There may or may not be a fix for this based on writing some
- value into some [defined by the manufacturer] register.
-
- Regards,
- Terry
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