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@rl_dane @OS1337 well, MDA as in the standard that every PC graphics card since the #MDA still supports - not just VGA

  • For #Terminals the 25th (rarely "0th") line is used to display status information in lieu of "lock lights" or other indicators so unlike on a #PC it's not useable there...

Obviously one can set / customize the default Terminal Output Size in the #Kernel configs at build, but #80x25 (or at least #80x24) should be supported everywhere.

  • Actual MDA displays are expensive collectibles and in lieu of that I'd rather configure the 1st serial port ( tty0 aka. COM1) to spit out a 9600/8/N/1 #console when #VGA or similar video output doesn't exist.

But even the shittiest GPU will do MDA without drivers on #ix86 & #amd64 because that's some #BIOS routine command and part of the backwards compatibility of every single 2D/graphics chip I've heard of that isn's a mere 3D accelerator with 2D passhtrough

en.wikipedia.orgIBM Monochrome Display Adapter - Wikipedia

what do the #linux nerds (affectionate) here use as a #console mode email client?

hopefully something that not only can read things from an IMAP server, but also keep stuff cached for offline access as well

Hey #Valve, here is an idea:

The "Steam Dock", a 1080p@60 machine:

- Valve Freemont SoC (6@12 Zen4, RX 7600 RDNA3)
- Steam OS
- 16GB RAM (8 DDR5 + 8 GDDR6)
- 512GB / 1TB

* $199, no controller + 512GB
* $249, with controller + 512GB
* $299, with controller + 1TB

It's basically free money. Hell, I'm throwing my wallet right now to the screen as I'm writing this.