On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:18 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote: > The characters will morph anyway, it is just a matter off having them > randomly scream with the intensity bit. > > 512-character mode is definitely useful... we get much wider language > coverage with 512 than with 256, which is why most distros use a 512 console > font.
Yeah really use a graphics console :-) But I've sent a v2 patch that should clear the attribute space going both directions. Dave.