I remember creating a new modeline and adding it to the list. Then using ctrl+alt and +/- to cycle through the modes. I would get to the new mode and the monitor would start buzzing and clicking and the image would flicker. I would quickly toggle to the next mode that was "safe" then go back and edit the modeline and try again.
I did manage to get my monitor to run at 1280x1024 @72Hz but couldn't make it go 75Hz
Re:X12
by jerrysievert on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @07:11PM
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to be fair, we had Keith Packard working with us at NCD during the mid 90's. it helped to have someone innately connected to X11.
Re:X12
by doctor_eval on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @09:10PM
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That NCD terminal wasn't mine, but I had the use of it while I worked at a customer's site for 6 months or so. One of my all-time favourite devices. I wrote so much code on that thing. Thanks!
Re:X12
by jerrysievert on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @12:21PM
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I ended up leaving with a couple of generations of x terminals, my favorite which could pxe-boot and had a compactflash-like slot on it.
the weirder was an Apollo we had for an internal auction, strangest unix system I've ever run. but the b&w screen was very high resolution for the time and quite crisp.
XF86 also worked quite well in the late 90s but it did require a lot of work and there were warnings that certain settings could blow the monitor.
Fun times.