Re: Does macppc support multiple virtual consoles?

[Janjaap van Velthooven <janjaap_(_at_)_stack_(_dot_)_nl>]

On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 10:45:32PM -0500, Dale Rahn wrote:
> Only i386, amd64, cats have virtual consoles, they operate the screen in 
> text mode, the other architectures, macppc, sparc, sparc64, alpha, ...

Just to prevent a myth from being started; an Alpha with a VGA card
does have virtual consoles. [<ctrl><alt><F1>, <ctrl><alt><F2>, yep it does.]
On an alpha with a TGA card you would have been right but it is not the
only possible type of video card for an Alpha.

> run the screen in graphics mode and do not have the support for
> virtual consoles.
> 
> Dale Rahn				drahn_(_at_)_dalerahn_(_dot_)_com

	Janjaap van Velthooven
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