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> VGA cards haven't provided actual 80x25 text mode since forever, Are you sure about that? The memory range still exists and still operates the same as it ev
by timewizard 1y ago
> VGA cards haven't provided actual 80x25 text mode since forever,
Are you sure about that? The memory range still exists and still operates the same as it ever has. The _card_ just does the translation for you.
> so you're still converting to pixels at some layer.
This has /never/ not been true.
> With full control over pixels
Yea, again, you are intentionally not understanding the point the article or myself made. The application in text mode does NOT need to do this work. The application IS lighter as a result.
> but with a normal mouse cursor and a scrollbar with pixel granularity.
And how do you receive mouse inputs? With more code. How do you manage pixels? With more code. Are you understanding that this is PRECISELY the point here?