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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:38:16 +0100
> 
> Yes, but IIRC command.com also runs on NTVDM, and that CAN have an
> arbitrary screen size.

I'm not sure NT's command.com is a DOS program.  It could be a
Windows program.

> So it might be something in our startup code that causes NTVDM to be
> extra uptight.

It could be the code which peeks at a certain address in the BIOS
memory where the video mode is stored.