I have a Sony Vaio PCG-C!VN laptop, which has a 1024x480 screen size. I'd like
to install FreeDOS on it, but the display is such that it leaves large amounts
of unused black space on both sides of the screen. Is there a way to set the
display so that I can use the entire screen?
Hi!
I have a Sony Vaio PCG-C!VN laptop, which has a 1024x480 screen size.
Interesting. Made in 2000 but panoramatic ;-)
I'd like to install FreeDOS on it, but the display is such that it
leaves large amounts of unused black space on both sides of the screen.
This is because C1VN's 1024x480
Can I switch in DOS somehow from standard/default resolution (320*200 ?)
to 1024*768?
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handbook :-). Apart from MODE you can also try a VESA or other tool
to select other supported graphics modes. Note that non-text will
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
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
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
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.
More tuned towards DOS? In what way exactly?
When I ported this version, there was already some DOS support in the
code. Alas, it was completely
