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Re: X on Wearables

From: Travis Brady <>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 17:13:04 -0800

Ken Williams wrote:
> 
> I have been playing around with SVGATextMode and my M1.  Are there any
> 60 col. setups?  I can only find 80 then it jumps to 50.
> 
> Also on my M1, when I do use 50x15 the text starts in the towards the
> middle of the screen, not the upper left hand corner.  I can't use the
> "arrows" to move the text to the upper left hand corner because the
> display
> will white out.
> 
> If anyone knows how I could get a 60 point font in the upper left hand
> corner
> of my M1 screen I would be very grateful.  A way to increase the font
> size
> throughout X would also be nice, or if someone could send me their
> config file.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ken
> 
> Check out SVGAtextmode.  It's a linux program which allows you to
> change,
> at the shell prompt, the font, font size, number of lines, etc of the
> linux consoles.
> 
> #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> # Geoff Parker                                           
> 
> On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, R. Paul McCarty wrote:
> 
> > That's funny, I have been using X _because_ of the font size/clarity
> > issues. At the command line you can't change font types, and in X its
> easy
> > to change fonts on the fly or have various windows with different font
> > sizes.
> >
> > The only reservation I have about using X is the amount of disk space
> and
> > memory needed to run it.
> >
> > -Paul
> 
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New I could buy one for under $500... $600 and I could get more ram or
the modem upgrade?

Ill order mine from Japan

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