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minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDidn’t do winmodems, that would be a nightmare. I can’t remember how long it was until xf86config made things slightly easier, yeah, getting modelines at first was basically impossible, I think it was trial and error for hours at least.
minus-squaretool@r.rosettast0ned.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t think it became easier at all until it was forked off into Xorg and they started making dramatic improvements. I think it was trial and error for hours at least. It certainly was until I discovered the monitor I hadn’t fried had the modelines printed on a sticker on the back…
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYou are so damn lucky. I just took the safe ones, and pushed them until it looked good but the monitor’s whine wasn’t too scary. Fucking dark ages… Xorg was a massive improvement, still bad, but less insane.
Didn’t do winmodems, that would be a nightmare.
I can’t remember how long it was until xf86config made things slightly easier, yeah, getting modelines at first was basically impossible, I think it was trial and error for hours at least.
I don’t think it became easier at all until it was forked off into Xorg and they started making dramatic improvements.
It certainly was until I discovered the monitor I hadn’t fried had the modelines printed on a sticker on the back…
You are so damn lucky. I just took the safe ones, and pushed them until it looked good but the monitor’s whine wasn’t too scary.
Fucking dark ages…
Xorg was a massive improvement, still bad, but less insane.