> Kai Henningsen writes:
>
> > I just recently thought about that (Dosemu died and took my
> > console with it).
> >
> > Would not something like the following be enough to always
> > be able to recover?
>
> On well-behaved hardware, sure. Many systems have gross hardware.
>
> > 1. Make the kernel know how to reset the video card to a known state.
>
> You can go from a known state to a known state.
> You can go from any state to an unknown state -- useless.
> Sorry, you can't get to a known state from an unknown state.
I have serious trouble believing that. What would one do to get hardware
like that?
MfG Kai