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From: roell@xinside.com (Thomas Roell)
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Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: 10 Aug 1996 14:28:04 -0600
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In article <4uhg4b$oa9@pell.pell.chi.il.us> orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc) writes:

>   >Hehe ... Usually the bugs are fixed in either the next version or in
>   >an update. Haven't seen your latest bugreports however ...
>
>   (waving hands)  Your server munges the text settings on the console when
>   it runs; it takes a perfectly normal 80x30 or 80x25x20scanline screen
>   and converts it into a 80x25 screen.

That is not a bug. It is a documented behaviour.

- Thomas

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