From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 04:46:50 GMT
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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 04:46:50 GMT
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 00:46:36 +0100, Jason Green
<news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> wrote:
>
>> >If you cycle through possible values of mode and use conio functions
>> >to get the screen dimensions you will probably find all sorts of weird
>> >text modes that your card is capable of.  Some modes will cause
>> >lock-ups, so it's best to log the results to a file and open/close it
>> >between each mode switch, and be prepared for reboots.
>> 
>> I don't think users will be prepared for reboots.
>
>I wasn't suggesting you could do this in production code.

So how do I locate high-resolution text modes in production code, e.g.
for a 132 column capable terminal emulator or a Turbo Vision on
steroids?

>> >However, there is one mode that would be a useful addition to DJGPP,
>> >if someone could work out how to implement it.  80x60 chars is listed
>> >in the Linux LILO docs as one of the standard VGA text modes and is
>> >achieved using a 640x480 pixel variation of the 80x50 char text mode
>> >(normally 640x400 pixels).
>> 
>> Try 80x50 mode with the 640x480 mode's vertical timing values.
>
>Yes, but how?

Set to mode 0x12 and read the vertical timing values (see a VGA
reference for location).  Then poke those vertical timing values into
the same registers in an 80x50 text mode.

>> >> I know 80x117 can be done with EGA and standard VGA (go to 350
>> >> scanline text mode and knock the character height down to 3
>> >> scanlines).
>
>> >Does the DOS command line behave itself if you switch to this mode?
>> 
>> I switch back to 80x25 or 80x50 on close; it doesn't matter.
>
>Ahem, it matters very much if you want to work in DOS with more than
>50 lines.  I'm not suggesting that 3-pixel chars would be of any use;
>just curious as to how the command line behaves.

I haven't tried.  I put a "reset text mode" call into the atexit()
queue, similar to what Allegro does.  After all, I treat it as a
graphics mode.

>The Linux console can be switched to 80x60 with standard VGA.  So I am
>suggesting that we could do this too, assuming command.com doesn't get
>upset by more than 50 lines.

I assume it doesn't, as long as BIOS doesn't.

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