Full Screen display in character mode.

[Thomas Pedersen]

Forget the full screen text mode...its UGLY.  :)  

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Peter Soderling wrote:

> This is an interesting discussion . . . my 770X has always sported the
> 'crappy-small-center-of-the-screen' look in text mode . . . I haven't been
> able to figure out yet how to use full-screen mode outside of X.
> 
> > Under Win95 there's a setting for the display/
> > advanced options for something like "screen expansion."
> > I use this so games in lower resolutions fill the
> > screen.  Perhaps linux has inherited this somehow
> > through the BIOS.
> 
> I can't find any option like this in NT4. I don't now if there is anything
> that can be changed manually in the BIOS config or not.
> 
> --petesoder
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> Peter Soderling
> e-business Consultant
> Lighthouse Computer Services
> (401) 762-3277  x:127
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Schroeder <dick@addpower.com>
> To: linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com <linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com>
> Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 4:35 PM
> Subject: Full Screen display in character mode.
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >I am new to this list, but I perused the archives and although there is
> >plenty of information
> >on getting the full screen to work under X-windows, I can' seem to find
> >anything about
> >how to configure full screen for character based (terminfo driven) display.
> >
> >I have a 770Z - 14.1" unit.
> >
> >Can anyone help me?
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >Richard Schroeder
> >
> >
> >
>