From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: wide-screen support
Date:	23 Nov 2000 12:49:07 GMT
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Alexey Zakhlestine <indy AT mgupp DOT ru> wrote:

> Whenever I run some DOS applications, it changes to 80 characters,
> and after they finish their job returns to 120 again.  So. Is it
> possible? Or is it a dos-limitation?

It's an inherent DOS limitation, IIRC. Some parts of DOS, and
definitely most application programs too, make the assumption that the
screen always is 80 characters wide. At least, so the documentation of
SVGATextMode (Linux driver for manual text mode configuration)
claimed, when I last looked into it.
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