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Command: screen

SCREEN sets the number of lines of text on screen. SCREEN is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.

Syntax:

screen=xx

Options:

xx (Codes): 0x11 8x14 font (28 lines VGA, 25 lines EGA) 0x12 8x8 font (50 lines VGA, 43 lines EGA) 0x14 default VGA font (25 lines VGA)

Comments:

SCREEN switches into videomode xxx (INT10/11xx/000). Some newer graphics cards may not have 8x14 fonts in the BIOS. In that case, a driver can be loaded to load a suitable font in RAM, but SCREEN=0x11 should not be used. If xx is less than 15 (0x0f), it is treated as screen mode number, for example 1 for CGA 40x25 color text or 7 for monochrome text. SCREEN is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file in order to work.

Examples:

IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS: screen=0x12

See also:

config.sys fdconfig.sys ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (C) 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2008 by W. Spiegl. This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO. See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.