Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 06:38:11 +0530
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To: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
From: Chirayu Krishnappa <chirayu AT poboxes DOT com>
Subject: Re: Textmode 80x34
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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>There is a program called SVGATextMode which is for Linux. But there is
>also a limited-functionality DOS version. It lets you tweak your VGA card
>register settings to get a higher resolution.
>
>For example, I use an 800x600 mode for text. Using an 8x16 character cell
>(which looks much better than the 8x8 characters used in VGA 80x50) I can
>get an effective textmode of 100x37, with well-formed characters. The
>problem is that most DOS programs assume a screen size of 80x25 (they
>don't have an ioctl() which can query the screen size, unlike xterms and
>the Linux console).


Hi, I searched but could'nt find the DOS version anywhere. Please could someone
tell me from where I can get it.

Chirayu Krishnappa:
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