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From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Screen sizes and DOS
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.130532.7956@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 25 Jan 91 13:05:32 GMT
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In article <1991Jan24.195404.16630@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, swdg6835@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steven Danz) says:
>
>Does anyone know of a way of telling DOS (any version) that the screen
>has something other than 80 columns and 25 rows?  I am trying to use
>the 132x43 and 80x43 modes on my VGA card, but DOS doesn't want to use 
>the whole screen.
>
>Thanks!

I had a similar problem. I believe that you have to load a different
ansi driver (assuming you have DOS's Ansi.Sys loaded). 

When I started using NNansi/VAnsi (came with the board)/FansiConsole
the screen size problem went away.

Carl Schelin
tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu