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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: 132-column Mode and MS-Kermit Verbs
Date: 6 Nov 1994 17:10:11 GMT
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References: <CypL0A.1L1@physics.purdue.edu> <1994Nov3.223304.31997@cc.usu.edu>
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In article <1994Nov3.223304.31997@cc.usu.edu>,
Joe Doupnik <jrd@cc.usu.edu> wrote:
>In article <CypL0A.1L1@physics.purdue.edu>, korty@london.physics.purdue.edu (Andrew J. Korty) writes:
>> My friend and I just discovered the world of 132-column mode, and we
>> have a few questions for all who are familiar with its numerous
>> wonders.
>>
>> 2. I'm running DOS Kermit under OS/2 in a full-screen DOS session.
>> When I use 132-column mode, everything works fine until I switch back
>> to the desktop, at which time the video proceeds to get completely
>> screwed up. The only way to save things is to go back to Kermit and
>> do an Alt-X (which puts the screen back in 80 column-mode) and then go
>> back to the desktop (which is still screwed up) and activate a screen
>> saver or something to refresh the screen.
>
> It's between OS/2 and your video driver and your monitor.
>Please remember that there is no standard on 132 column video modes so
>that OS/2 has no idea of what state the display is in and hence little
>idea of what to do about it. Better video drivers could help more,
>however.
The problem is that by using 132 column mode you have put the display
hardware into a state which OS/2 does not understand. Try the following:
Start a full screen DOS session. Then execute the command "SVGA ON".
If the SVGA command cannot be found, change to the \OS2 directory of your
boot drive. This command builds a table of each video mode so that OS/2
can safely restore switch back and forth when full screen programs directly
manipulate the screen size.
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