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Re: Using VioSetMode

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From: Terry Freas
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 1991 04:00
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In article <2593@excelan.COM> colin@la.excelan.com (Colin Goldstein) writes:
>I have a question about using VioSetMode. I find that it only works
>some times. If I have the display in 80*50 mode and use VioSetMode
>to change it to 80*25, it works. However, if I'm in other modes such
>as 80*34 it does not work at all. And if I'm in 80*12 or 80*43, it
>only partially works. Although the screen changes to the correct 
>number of lines, the font is not the default font.
>
>I have enclosed the code I'm using to test this. Any help would be
>appreciated.
>
> [enclosed code deleted]

I have also noticed that I can set a text session to 80*60 using
'mode 80,60'.  However, the highest VioSetMode will achieve is
80*50.  Errors occur exceeding it.  Strange...
-- 
Jeremy Wohl / wohl@max.physics.sunysb.edu / cfreas@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu
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Subject: Re: Using VioSetMode
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