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From: wittb@nextnet.csus.edu (brian witt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Changing screen lines (NetBSD)
Date: 15 Feb 1994 05:46:41 GMT
Organization: California State University Sacramento, USA
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Summary: want 48 text lines on screen
Keywords: console, vga, text, termcap

I'm running NetBSD 0.9 (plain).  I'd like to have more text displayed
on my VGA monitor.  How can I change from 25 lines to 48/50 lines?
Is there an escape sequence to send out?  Should I get syscons?

I could run X, but I want the disk space to recompile the kernel.  And
I only have 8 meg RAM and a 14" monitor and not much space for my mouse...
(yes, it's a personal problem, OK! :-)

(machine is AMD 386-40, Orchid ProDesigner II, 14" VGA monitor)

--- brian

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