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Re: How to put MS-DOS into VGA 50-row mode ??

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From: Matthew Moore
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 16:10
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In article <2334@ritcsh.cs.rit.edu> mattl@ritcsh.cs.rit.edu.UUCP (FaceMan) writes:
>>What magic do I need to perform to get MS-DOS to use all 50 rows?
>
>   What you need is a replacement for your ANSI.SYS. On my machine I

Which version of DOS are you running, and on what machine? 

Running DOS 4.0 on a PS/2 , with ansi.sys installed, the command is:-

mode con lines=50
                    (or 43 or 25  as required).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!educ-isis!teexmmo
From: teexmmo@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk (Matthew Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to put MS-DOS into VGA 50-row mode ??
Summary: RTFM
Message-ID: <1990Mar1.161014.24808@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk>
Date: 1 Mar 90 16:10:14 GMT
References: <13685@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <2334@ritcsh.cs.rit.edu>
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