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From: scholes@boulder.Colorado.EDU (SCHOLES MARTIN LEE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to put MS-DOS into VGA 50-row mode ??
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Date: 19 Feb 90 00:13:59 GMT
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In article <13685@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> tjr@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (thomas.j.roberts) writes:
>How do I get MS-DOS to use the 50-row mode of my VGA?
>As soon as the program exits, the prompt scrolls the top 25 rows,
>and appears in row 25. From then on, only the upper 25 rows are used
>(but the lower 25 rows displayed by my program remain on the screen,
>unchanged).
>What magic do I need to perform to get MS-DOS to use all 50 rows?
>Why does MS-DOS care, anyway?

I've ran into this on my machine, and the problem is not DOS at all, it is the
ANSI.SYS driver, which blindly assume that you are running a 25 line screen.
Many BBS's have drivers to correct this, but I recommend that you use the one
probably supplied with your VGA card.

scholes@snoopy.colorado.edu