On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 12:50 +0100, Fred . wrote:
Would it be possible to boot in a resolution any more modern than the old IBM PC BIOS of 1980? Which probably used same resolution as something from 1960 or 1970. Maybe 132*60 instead of 40*25 or 80*25 rows/columns of text?
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I really don't understand what you're even trying to achieve. The whole *POINT* of SeaBIOS is to emulate the old IBM PC BIOS of 1980. Well, and a few later developments, but basically that's the point.
DOS, and various other 16-bit bootloaders and operating systems, will expect the standard 80x25 text mode. If they don't find that, then they will fail to work correctly. Anything *else* can call the standard INT 10h video BIOS calls to set whatever mode it wants.
What user experience do you actually expect to achieve, from the changes that you're suggesting?
Bootloaders like Grub these days will already use graphical modes. The SeaBIOS splash screen can also be graphical, and you can go seamlessly from one to the other. What is it that you actually *want*, in real terms? I'm not even sure you know...