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25.\" $NetBSD: amidisplaycc.4,v 1.17 2024/04/11 13:06:29 jandberg Exp $
26.Dd November 12, 2003
27.Dt AMIDISPLAYCC 4 amiga
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm amidisplaycc
31.Nd wscons interface to amiga custom chips drivers
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Cd amidisplaycc0 at mainbus0
34.Cd wsdisplay0 at amidisplaycc0
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36This device acts as an adapter between the
37.Xr wscons 4
38framework and the Amiga custom chip driver functions.
39It exports the internal
40.Xr wsdisplay 4
41interface and contains the necessary rendering functions to
42operate a text terminal with virtual screens.
43It uses the Amiga abstract graphic driver (grfabs) functions for
44the low-level display management.
45.Pp
46It supports foreground and background color, and the hilite (bold),
47underline, and reverse text attributes.
48.Ss Virtual terminals and screen types
49The number of virtual screens is limited only by
50the available chip memory.
51.Pp
52Each virtual screen can have a different screen type.
53A screen type defines the following things: height and width
54in pixels, number of colors, and font size.
55The supported screen types are listed below.
56.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
57.It
5880x64 - display size 640x512 with 8 colors, font size 8x8
59.It
6080x51 - display size 640x510 with 8 colors, font size 8x10
61.It
6280x50 - display size 640x400 with 8 colors, font size 8x8
63.It
6480x40 - display size 640x400 with 8 colors, font size 8x10
65.It
6680x32 - display size 640x512 with 8 colors, font size 8x16
67.It
6880x31 - display size 640x248 with 8 colors, font size 8x8
69.It
7080x25 - display size 640x400 with 8 colors, font size 8x16
71.It
7280x24 - display size 640x192 with 8 colors, font size 8x8
73.It
74default - same as either 80x64 or 80x50, depending on the presence
75of GRF_NTSC and GRF_PAL in the kernel configuration.
76.El
77.Pp
78The grfabs code determines the actual screen mode that is used.
79The config options GRF_NTSC, GRF_PAL, GRF_AGA, etc. determine
80what kind of chipsets/modes are available.
81.Ss Fonts
82Fonts of width 8 and any height are supported.
83Fonts can be compiled into the kernel by specifying "options FONT_[fontname]"
84in the configuration file, or loaded with the
85.Xr wsfontload 8
86utility runtime.
87.Ss X11
88The X11 server works using the
89.Xr wsfb 4
90driver.
91The driver supports 256 and 16 color modes.
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.Xr wscons 4 ,
94.Xr wsdisplay 4 ,
95.Xr wsfontload 8 ,
96.Xr wsfont 9
97