Re: [MiNT] [ANNOUNCE] FreeMiNT 1.17.0 Released !

["Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>]

Am 22.01.2011, 12:39 Uhr, schrieb Bohdan Milar <bohdan@milar.name>:

> > How did you install fVDI on a TT? Which graphics is this? Can I use it  
> > too?
>
> Anyone can use it!
> I have no graphics card in my TT, just the on-board VGA output.

ATM I have an ET4000-graphics, so I guess I'll need NVDI in any case, but  
maybe fVDI would run additionally.

Without the card, I would prefer TT-High, but the ECl-monitors become rare.

> The resolution (defined in NVRAM) is TT-middle (16 colours).
>
> I use these files:
>
> /c/auto/fvdi.prg = http://www.klockars.net/ftp/fVDI/fvdi.prg
> (it is run as the last one from the auto directory)
>
> /c/gemsys/bitplane.sys = http://www.klockars.net/ftp/fVDI/bitplane.sys
>
> /c/gemsys/*.fnt
> (bitmap fonts, listed in fvdi.sys incl. the system fonts - "s" at the  
> beginning of line)
>
> /c/gemsys/ttf/*.ttf
> (vector fonts, I use the 3 DeJaVu fonts from AFROS)
>
> /c/fvdi.sys
>
> I attache the fvdi.sys I use. You have just to change the names of  
> bitmap fonts near the end of it.
> For example you can use ISO-8859-1 fonts I have sent to this list on  
> 2011-01-18 02:11 (originally from KGMD).

Maybe I'll experiment a little with this. Thanks.

> May be you will not be satisfied with the result.
> There are some problems which I am going to describe in another mail.

You mean using proportional fonts in XaAES? This is known.

> But I have to use it because of the system font and the ability to run  
> VDI dependent apps (HighWire etc.)
> (NVDI is proprietary and dead!)

And fVDI starts to cough already!

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Helmut Karlowski