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>"Thus I began designing the font of my dreams. Some might find it beautiful, some might find it ugly. But I love it. It is the first iteration of the font and
by peter_d_sherman 6y ago
>"Thus I began designing the font of my dreams. Some might find it beautiful, some might find it ugly. But I love it. It is the first iteration of the font and I'm happy with it. I did a lot of work on these fonts and I find then usable for now. The base font for my design was the original one that I recovered from the ET4000/W32i ROM. Then I tried hard to remember what the old fonts looked like. I also drew inspiration from the ATI VGA Wonder 16 ROM font."
PDS: I think they're awesome!
>"This is my Micro-Labs Tseng Labs ET4000/W32i ISA card. I find it very beautifully laid out.' [...] "The card clocks are built around the CHRONTEL CH9294 dual PLL graphics clock generator integrated circuit. These are still available on various sites. The RAMDAC is an AT&T ATT20C490-80 part. These are also available on-line. The ET4000/W32i chip is also available on-line. Which makes me think: what if I'd build my own VGA card? I still have the Tseng Labs datasheets catalog and this VGA controller along with a sample schematic is described in depth. I could improve that design by using modern memories which would be cheaper and easier to source. But this is another topic. For the moment it is only food for thought."
PDS: I think it's a great idea!
Excellent article, all in all!
Well worth re-reading in the future!