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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 132 columns by 50 lines
Message-ID: <1881@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jan 90 06:58:12 GMT
References: <9001012012.AA20667@cie.uoregon.edu>
Organization: Rick's Home-Grown UNIX; Portland, OR.
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kevins@CIE.UOREGON.EDU writes:

>This is a simple question, but since I don't yet have a VGA
>(but will very soon), can I set up my screen to display
>text in 132 columns and 50 lines long?

Since the maximum resolution of a _VGA_ screen is 720x480 that gives a
5x9 character matrix. Not what *I* would call a readable font. To get
132 columns you either need some sort of superVGA card or one of the
monochrome cards that supports 132 column. We have some from Everex 
that work well.

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