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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 15:16:45 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Michael Stewart <mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: text VGA mode
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On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Michael Stewart wrote:

> The _set_screen_lines (int nlines) function offers more modes (80 columns
> with 25, 28, 35, 40, 43 or 50 rows)

Nitpicking: _set_screen_lines doesn't change the video mode, it just
reprograms the controller to display the number of scan lines as needed,
and loads a different font if that is required.  The video mode stays
the same.

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