[comp.unix.xenix] console tty driver for Hercules board

butler@stsci.EDU (Lee A. Butler) (06/14/88)

I would like to know if anyone has developed a console device driver for
SCO Xenix that allows you to fiddle with graphics on a Hercules display
adapter.  I'd do it myself, but I don't want to re-invent the wheel, and
I don't want to loose the "virtual console" capability.  Does anyone
know what the ioctl is that the kernel sends to the driver to switch
display screens? Is it even done through the driver? I'm working on
version of Xenix 2.1.3 if that is important (Don't tell me to upgrade, I
don't have that kind of money). 

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jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) (06/15/88)

Come on people, if you want the latest and greatet toys, you have to spend
the bucks.  And besides, the upgrades really aren't that expensive, if you
registered your software in the first place.  And yes, I do have such a
toy.  It takes libplot input and draws neat lines on the screen.  I'm
considering writing a libherc using the libplot interface, but that's still
some time away.

- John.
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