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- From: jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin)
- Subject: Re: Can OS/2 run full size windows in small windows?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.183420.14999@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU>
- Organization: University of Maine, Department of Computer Science
- References: <1992Dec17.000306.26852@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Dec18.044414.14780@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:34:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.044414.14780@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >In article <1992Dec17.000306.26852@midway.uchicago.edu> I wrote:
- >>A la DV/X or Windoze 3.1 in Enhanced mode...
- >
- >Allow me to clarify. I know that you can run a DOS window, which runs
- >in a graphics mode and is a full 80x25, but only occupies about 2/3 of
- >the VGA screen. However, as far as I can tell, you cannot make it any
- >smaller than that without losing sight of part of the 80x25 screen.
- >
- >In DV/X, for example, you can open a DOS window with scalable fonts, and
- >you can then resize the window as tiny as you please, and it will
- >continue to display a full 25x80 screen. Of course, the type gets
- >tinier and tinier as you go, until it becomes virtually unreadable.
- >But, it *does* work.
- Try pulling down the "system menu" for your dos window and check the "fonts"
- section.
-
- Jeff
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