Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uicsrd!krausej From: krausej@uicsrd.CSRD.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: ega43.scr Message-ID: <42900002@uicsrd> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 23:32:00 EST Article-I.D.: uicsrd.42900002 Posted: Tue Dec 16 23:32:00 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Dec-86 21:47:52 EST References: <648@imsvax.UUCP> Lines: 31 Nf-ID: #R:imsvax.UUCP:648:uicsrd:42900002:000:1226 Nf-From: uicsrd.CSRD.UIUC.EDU!krausej Dec 16 22:32:00 1986 > This doesn't quite make an EGA board switch to 43 lines per screen. >It appears that this just "shrinks" the display: the character font is >reduced (it is indeed the font in 43 line mode) but the screen starts to scroll >up at the old 12th (the new 25th) line. Result is a small copy of the 80x25 >screen in the upper left corner... ... >Lonnie VanZandt >@p.cs.uiuc.edu Lonnie, What's most likely happening is that the EGA is truly displaying 43 lines--but the software driving the screen (ANSI.SYS perhaps?) thinks there are 25 lines. I came across this problem when I was trying to get a 50-line CGA display (yes, it is possible...) and discovered I had to mess with some ROM-BIOS variables to make the BIOS routines aware of the 50-line screen. If you're really interested in using your EGA with 43 lines, check out the public domain screen driver NANSI.SYS. It claims to support the 43-line mode (although I can't vouch for that, as I don't have an EGA). There are other programs that do that same, such as Hersey Micro Consulting's FANSI-CONSOLE (shareware, $75 for full registration). There may also be a way to tell the EGA BIOS to use 43 lines, but I'm not aware of that. Good luck! James Krause