RE: [Syllable-developer] App_server

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> > I think at least there should be a vga driver for all unsuported cards.
> > An standard vga driver should be easy to do.

> We can't provide a VGA driver, either.  The appserver will only go as low
as 
> 16bits per pixel, and a VGA driver is only 4 bits per pixel.  In theory,
you 
> could make the driver "pretend" to support 16bpp modes, and then do some
very 
> complicated dithering in the driver itself, but the result would more than

> likely be very ugly, and very slow.

How ever ugly and slow it is, at least it starts up and
it may be better than providing a text based rescue mode.
No change to applications. Even complicated dithering
is not necessary - 16 shades of gray is enough.

Peter