Re: [OpenBIOS] [PATCH 00/16] Switch to standards-compliant Forth console from C console

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On 10/03/13 19:31, Blue Swirl wrote:
> > Based on a quick Debian 3.1 CDROM boot test, it looks like scrolling
> > and clear screen does not work at all. Text is also offset by one line
> > down and one column right.

Okay - is this on SPARC? I have a feeling the offset by one is simply 
because apparently the OF line# and column# variables are zero based 
while the ANSI terminal position is one based.
> NetBSD 4.0 also suffers from lack of scrolling and clear screen, but
> characters are positioned correctly.

SPARC again? If so, can you point me towards the ISO and I'll try it here?
> On the positive side, reverse text now works and I guess the screen
> flashes show BEL handling.

:)


ATB,

Mark.

[PATCH 00/16] Switch to standards-compliant Forth console from C console

[Blue Swirl]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland
<[e-mail]> wrote:
> On 10/03/13 19:31, Blue Swirl wrote:
> > > Based on a quick Debian 3.1 CDROM boot test, it looks like scrolling
> > > and clear screen does not work at all. Text is also offset by one line
> > > down and one column right.
>
> Okay - is this on SPARC? I have a feeling the offset by one is simply
> because apparently the OF line# and column# variables are zero based while
> the ANSI terminal position is one based.

Well, we should be true to original.
> > NetBSD 4.0 also suffers from lack of scrolling and clear screen, but
> > characters are positioned correctly.
>
> SPARC again? If so, can you point me towards the ISO and I'll try it here?

Yes.

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-archive/iso/4.0/sparccd-4.0.iso

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/3.1_r1/sparc/iso-cd/debian-31r1a-s...
> > On the positive side, reverse text now works and I guess the screen
> > flashes show BEL handling.
>
> :)
>
> ATB,
>
> Mark.