Thanks all for the assistance.
I tried using mode. I still get a little more than an inch on each side, and
when I tried the settings, the fonts on the programs I am using were all messed
up (Quattro Pro and MS Works).
I'll look into some of the svga/vga options and report back in a few days.
--- On Tue, 8/19/08, Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Display size
To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 11:31 PM
Hi Wolfram,
> If you are into experimenting a bit, try SVGATEXTMODE. It can give very
> unusual textmodes. Drawback is, considering your hardware, I guess you
> must find the correct values on your own.
>
>
www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/user/svgatextmode_1_9_16rc1-dos.tgz
There was also some version called STM which is more tuned towards DOS
than plain DJGPP svgatextmode port I believe, but I forgot the details.
However, here is your MODE sequence:
MODE co80
MODE con lines=43
MODE con lines=14
This selects 80x25 720x400 9x16 mode, then switches to EGA ???x350
resolution and finally switches to ?x14 font which means that you
get 25 lines in (roughly) 350 pixels. If the X resolution stays at
720 (it might switch to 640, not sure) then you end up with 720x350
(with 9x14 style font) resolution suitable for 2:1 wide screen :-).
Actually in DOSEMU there even is a VESA text mode with 132x60 with
8x8 font using 1056x480 pixels: mode con lines=60 cols=132 and then
mode con lines=16 gives you 132x30 with 8x16 font there... However
1056 pixels is just a bit too much to fit the 1024x480 Vaio. Still
you could start at the 132x30 SVGATextMode parameters to derive a
new 128x30 or 112x30 set of parameters for SVGATextMode (non VESA).
Eric
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