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to: Maurice Kinal
from: Bo Simonsen
date: 2003-10-10 19:42:56
subject: Long `unzip` time

Hello Maurice!

Oct 10 09:12 03, Maurice Kinal wrote to Bo Simonsen:

Okay, I just think the default frame buffer font is a bit, distrubing 
 BS>> to look at. Maybe it's just me ;)

 MK> Are you using the kbd package?  If so you can put one of those fonts 
 MK> in as your default font.  For example, in Slackware there is a rc 
 MK> file called /etc/rc.d/rc.font which has this entry in it:

 MK> setfont -v sun12x22.psfu.gz

Oh I gotta use that one!

 MK> On bootup that becomes my default font on consoles, whether or not 
 MK> framebuffers are involved.  At 640x480 that font is HUGE!!!  Good for 
 MK> those who have trouble seeing.  At 1024x768 it is very nice.  I can 
 MK> easily read them.  In fact I am looking at them right now in Msged!  
 MK> I like it!!!

I would prefere 640x480  :)

BTW with 1024x768, it depends on, how big your monitor is.

 MK>>> No, just the most simular to gcc for DOS.  I needed it to test 
 MK>>> functions I was writing for gcc on the Sparc stations at the time.

 BS>> But who did made the compiler? (or rewrote gcc?)

 MK> I forget his name and I don't have a copy handy.  Google it.  :-)

Oh yes, I could do so :-) I just thought that the "Maurice - The
oracle" would know ;-)

 BS>>>> I wrote from in the old days.. But C was imho for simpler ...

 MK>>> Yep.  I agree.

 BS>> Good, now we use the same software too ;)

 MK> But of course.  We always agree don't we?  ;-)

Mostly :-) Msged is working well then you're reading Russian posts :-)

Regards,
Bo

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