console hi resolutions inc widescreen in 8

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Fri, 9 May 2008, ketracel wrote:
> Anyone know if 8 will finally provide high resolution modes
> (including widescreen) for the console? Perhaps using a framebuffer
> like linux which allows native LCD resolutions instead of the old
> archaic 80x25 text modes?
>
> I don't install X and everything is done in the system consoles.

You could install X and gain accelerated video..

Video consoles via VESA are slooow :(

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