Re: Looking for IBM PC display with > 25 lines

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From: John R. Levine
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1986 14:23

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> I'm looking for a good monochrome display for the IBM PC that has more than
> 25 lines.  It needs to have clear, fully-formed characters, but doesn't need
> to be particularly BIOS-compatible.

The IBM EGA adapter, or any of its innumerable clones, give you 43 by 80
text on a regular IBM mono screen, or any of its innumerable clones.  The
EGA's BIOS even supports it; you need only to run a little patch program which
puts the screen into the appropriate mode.  The characters are small but quite
legible.  Such a patch program called EGA43 has been floating around on BBS
systems.
-- 
John R. Levine, Javelin Software Corp., Cambridge MA +1 617 494 1400
{ ihnp4 | decvax | cbosgd | harvard | yale }!ima!johnl, Levine@YALE.EDU
The opinions expressed herein are solely those of a 12-year-old hacker
who has broken into my account and not those of any person or organization.

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From: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine)
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Subject: Re: Looking for IBM PC display with > 25 lines
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Date: Thu, 7-Aug-86 10:23:40 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  7 10:23:40 1986
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Keywords: EGA screen
Summary: EGA + mono screen gives you 43 lines

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