VGA text console : 9th bit empty

Thomas Quinot (thomas@cuivre.fdn.fr)
8 Jun 1996 22:46:26 GMT

[ Article reposted from comp.os.linux.development.system ]
[ Author was Thomas Quinot ]
[ Posted on 1 Jun 1996 00:08:39 GMT ]

I have been wondering for some time now : why is the 9th bit of
every character on my VGA text console empty ? (eg, horizontal
lines in frames are broken...) Is there a means of forcing
8th bit copy ?

(kernel is pre2.0.9, I do not currently use SVGATextMode.)

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